Carried Across the Sky

Robert Thiefels

  • The Dent in the New Dryer

    If you were standing there After the delivery men left You might have thought Only a dent-less dryer would ever make me happy, Agonizing as I was over a dent, hardly noticeable On the top left hand corner, right at… Continue reading

  • Guest Post by Brian Plachta: How to Find Flow and Jumpstart Your Spiritual Life

    When our car battery loses power, we often take out the jumper cables, open the hood, and jumpstart the battery to give it new life.  It’s the same thing with our spiritual lives—occasionally we need to step back, open the… Continue reading

  • Living within the Flow

    To live in the world with wisdom and compassion is the true vocation of every human being. Living with wisdom and compassion, within Big Mind and Big Heart, is indeed a practice. For me now this practice asks of me… Continue reading

  • Mercy

    Our concept of mercy changes As our image of God changes. First, there are the gods who Remain aloof, separate from us, who reward And punish us whimsically in storm, in drought, In famine, in plenty. We never know, we… Continue reading

  • How?

    How could it come to this?This not wanting to be goodFor anybody.(Not a meanness)Just a wanting to leave The stageWhere goodness merits applause.And the critics Hold your fate in the palmOf their hand,Where one slip could end it allAnd there… Continue reading

  • The Fading Shine of the Golden Ring

    This path I have walked, My life Has been circling round Back to Fearful, clinging places, More like promises of brambles. I labeled the lessons a nuisance, failed them Cursed my fate. Hard lessons, More like crucifixions. My faith In… Continue reading

  • Ringing the Bell and Hiding in the Bushes

    If nothing else, what is called religion ought to be teaching us to be attentive to those border crossings of the Trickster who lives within us. We ought to be alerted to our being Sons and daughters of a Pure… Continue reading

  • Imperial Soldiers

    How easy to end up A soldier in a strange land, the empire dressed to kill. Freedom isn’t found like that. Too late to question, You only seek to survive. Those praying for your safe return go about their business,… Continue reading

  • While Moving Along

    As I move along in time and space Sometimes I get stuck Or maybe I’m just lingering before circling back To pick up something missed Or undo something done, if that were ever possible. Or to try again and this… Continue reading

  • We Are What We Seek

    Why do we stand outside the temple wondering what prayers will open the gates? We have only to say, “Please, open.” And what is inside will be revealed. No need to travel to Rome, Or visit a hundred churches. The… Continue reading