Amy Secrist

Tag: fear

  • A Fearless Prayer

    Roll away my stone, its name is doubt. Roll away my stone, its name is insecurity. Roll away my stone, its name is pride. Roll away my stone, its name is fear. Roll away my stone, my name is faith. Roll away my stone, my name is surety. Roll away my stone, my name is…

  • At the Window

    He says,“Mom, come here, Mom,come here a second, Mom.Look out the window.  D’you hear that?Bird?  D’you hear that bird, owl?  Shhh, listen.” Then he tells me,“Your lap, Mom.  I want to sit on your lap, Mom.Fall asleep on you.  Ok?” I say,“Yes, coming.  Just a moment.I see, yes, I hear it.  Mourning dove, I think.”…

  • The Light and the Challenge

    In the blazing heat the trees and grasses golden; they are candleflame and firelight. In the shimmering cold the frogs and crickets amplify; they are thunderclap and echo. In the winding cave the dripstone spikes lengthen into mountain and valley where the heat blinds and the cold paralyzes, the climb and the cliff wear and scatter,…