Poems for Sunday, March 1, 2026

Poems on Psalm 121 & John 3:1-17 for the Second Sunday of Lent

“Look around / look around⁣ at how lucky we are to be alive right now.” photo by Amanda Talstra

Each week—or through a featured poet—I write poems alongside the Revised Common Lectionary for the coming Sunday. These poems do not seek to explain scripture, but to let it shape and inspire words and lines that might spark faith and wonder. Even if you don’t know what the lectionary is, we are still fellow travelers. You are welcome here.

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Ad Deum
After Psalm 121

On these long days
that stretch and turn 
uncontrollably

we need somewhere to look—
a point to set our weary, restless gaze.

See the hills? See the soaring Presence
that births the world’s mysteries?

May your feet walk toward that place—ad Deum.
May those steps lift you above and hold you within
the wounds and worries. 

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The Plunge
After John 3:1-17

Plunge yourself
into the Unknown—
into the story that brightens
and breaks all consciousness.

You must be twice-born.
First to your life,
and second 
to the life that God lives.

Take the plunge.

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