PC: Michael Raymond Smith
by ric hudgens
Humans pretend to live
suspended in air
feet never needing
a place to land.
Rilke wrote
gravity is grace
so we should surrender
trust our heaviness
fall to a depth
where life becomes possible
again. Continue reading
By Ric Hudgens
Wake up before you get up
or if there isn’t enough time
just wake up.
After you screw your head
on right your face
should be looking forward. Continue reading
By Ric Hudgens
When it comes to apathy
it’s not the whether but the where,
not the if but the when,
not the can but the must.
It’s the antonym of focus,
the essence of overlooking,
purposefully not seeing
what demands recognition. Continue reading
By Ric Hudgens, 6/28/18
When my life
feels weighted with care,
tossed between headlines,
I know one truth,
maybe two,
that inform my situation. Continue reading
By Ric Hudgens, for Daniel Berrigan, on his birthday
Daniel Berrigan once gave the commencement address at Xavier High School on West 16th Street in New York.
The story goes he walked to the podium declared “Know where you stand and stand there.” Then he sat down.
Maybe
you don’t know
therefore
find out. Continue reading
By Ric Hudgens
Easter 5, April 29, 2018
North Suburban Mennonite, Libertyville, Illinois
Acts 4:26-40
“But Philip found himself at Azotus.” (Acts 8:40a)
Philip was on the edge of the edge. What I mean is he was a Greek-speaking Jew in an Aramaic-speaking community that (because of their devotion to Jesus) was on the edge of a Jewish culture that existed as a despised, oppressed minority on the periphery of the Roman Empire. It might be more accurate to say that Philip was on the edge of the edge of the edge – of the edge.
Then the Spirit sent Philip into the wilderness. Far out. Over the edge. Continue reading
By Ric Hudgens