Sometimes signs appear in unexpected places… 

1
Heavy rains and rising floodwaters
near Echo Lake

Three fresh crosses
on the front lawn

Three more on the façade
of the church down the road

2
Easter this year
is on April Fools’ Day

Will we hear God laughing?
Will we recognize it as laughter if we do?

3
They’ve always said
the Lord works in mysterious ways

Isn’t that what museums are for?

4
When the artist is present
mystery is seldom far behind

The game is not a game
but choices we make

Every outcome stems from
one set of choices against another—

only for our competing choices
to collaborate against us

5
Three fresh crosses
on the front lawn

Three more on the façade
of the church down the road

Somewhere amidst the heavy rains
and rising floodwaters
near Echo Lake

choices are being made for me

(22 March 2018)