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You

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

You spoke a word into my longingDropped an apple of gold into hands I didn’t know were reaching I tasted it, smooth as surprised honey And began to weep for all...

a life of prayer/longing/prayer/praying the psalms/psalms/trust/waiting

Psalm 38: The bottom of the well

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

All my longings lie open before you, O LORD; my sighing is not hidden from you. (Psalm 38:9) Here, at the bottom of the well, there is an emptiness. When the la...

birds/joy/Kingdom Field Notes/Lent/longing/nature

Swan Joy

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

Joy is a longing,a passageway with the white wingbeat of swans overhead,and the silent current of a spring river beneath.You cannot live in water or air, and ye...

Advent/hope/longing

The Fear of Longing

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

We have been walking this road a long time, and have seen a thing or two, oh yes. We weren’t born yesterday. We have been through too many reality checkpo...