Distraction

All your talk
of a future heaven
distracts you
from knowing
God’s Spirit
of Life and Love
in your nitty-gritty
topsy-turvy Now.

© 2015 Dennis Ference

Coming Home

Only when we awake
to the essential
intimacy
between living
and loving
can we awake to
the Oneness of All
and celebrate
our coming home.

© 2015 Dennis Ference

Forgive God

If we can forgive God
for not meeting
our expectations
we can begin
to live life
as a banquet
rather than
a fast food lunch.

© 2015 Dennis Ference

Love and Forgiveness

Live this moment
with love and forgiveness
and the freedom you seek
will be yours.

© 2015 Dennis Ference

The Eyes of the Heart

We can only see God
with the eyes of a heart
willing to be transformed.

© 2015 Dennis Ference

Spirituality’s Risk

The great risk
of all spirituality
is that it so easily
becomes a surrogate
for being present
to life.

~ James Finley

“just live”

Before undertaking any project, assuming any stance, fulfilling any purpose, we are called upon to abide ourselves, to do what we do, to “just live,” and in simple presence to life learn to expect nothing out of anything and everything out of nothing. ~James Finley

Happiness

Primed to look for happiness
on a golden platter
in some elaborately
appointed banquet hall
we tend to miss
the significance
of the simple
spice and garnish
gracing our days
of ordinary presence
and engagement.

© 2015 Dennis Ference

Ordinary

S U B L I M E is the grace
that shines a light
on the beauty of being
O R D I N A R Y.

© 2014 Dennis Ference
Photo: © 2015 Lily Brock

(First posted without pic 10/27/2014.)

Only in Our Hearts

Only in the secret 
recesses of our hearts
can we rightly 
confront our darkness
accept and surrender it 
to be transformed into 
the light of God's love.

© 2015 Dennis Ference