by Nathan Reed | Feb 28, 2022 | blog, Poetry
You flip and flutter and roll across streets and yards in the last year‘s drab worn dresses. But the wind blows not only you, but spring, when your sisters green and vibrant will emerge and fill the trees.
by Nathan Reed | Oct 5, 2017 | faith
“Take time to be Holy, speak oft with thy Lord…” The last few weeks we have experienced unaccountable violence in West Tennessee, and been grief stricken and appalled at violence in Las Vegas (and continued violence in our communities). In an address...
by Nathan Reed | Jun 7, 2016 | faith, music
“All will be wellYou can ask me how but only time will tell” Transitions, challenges, uncertainty, discord, mourning, sometimes unwanted beginnings and endings — these are things we face year in and year out, day by day. Julian of Norwich said,...
by Nathan Reed | May 25, 2016 | blog
“Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time… It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.” -Leo F. Buscaglia I love. I love earnestly, deeply, tenderly, and without any expectations of reward. I love easily. The way that...
by Nathan Reed | Feb 4, 2014 | blog, Poetry
I didn’t watch the Super Bowl. I’ve not seen any of the commercials. Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the...
by Nathan Reed | Feb 21, 2013 | blog
David Foster Wallace would have been 51 yesterday. So often we talk about how freedom empowers us — less often, we think about the obligations freedom conveys. I love this quote by Wallace: The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness,...
