You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, your.jpg

God,
Thank you.
For her words. Her honesty. Her life. Her witness. Her hope. Her wonder. Her love.
Thank you for your dear child Mary. Hold her close. As she heads home. Always.
Amen.

 


The Rev. Erin Counihan serves as pastor at Oak Hill Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, MO. She blogs at http://www.somewhatreverend.wordpress.com.


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