Home again

A brief introduction: World, meet me. (Me, meet world?)

This blog is an experiment, a first for me. The blog has a name, but this blogger does not, yet. Perhaps that is something I will grow into. Drop a note if you're reading!

"The great homesickness" is an image for God from Rilke's Book of Hours, and I've been drawn to his poems since college. The biblical images of God that I cherish -- the God that called to Abraham, that led the Israelites out of Egypt's oppression, that dined with the sinners and tax collectors, that died on the cross-- come with a lot a baggage and history. Their history has an appeal, but sometimes I need to meet God anew, and Rilke helps put us in touch.