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My friend, deAnn Roe, recently was a guest teacher in the mid-size community I lead on the spiritual disciplines. deAnn is the Director of Creative Arts at Living Word and was willing to come in and teach two evenings on Spiritual Formation and the Arts. This past Monday evening, she taught us the art of writing Haiku.

You, too, can write Haiku ------ah, yes you can. The first line is 5 syllables, the second line is 7 syllables and the third line is five. It is amazing the picture you can paint with so few words. She suggested we start with something funny. Here's mine:

Not built for water,
no signal in the toilet.
Bye, my Blackberry.

Over the past couple of days I have heard beautiful examples of Haiku as individuals have spent time thinking about their relationship with God. I will share another one of mine– this one, perhaps a bit more meaningful.

Lean into Desire,
let Him pour His love on you.
Surrender, let go…..

Go ahead – try it. You may be surprised at what shows up on the paper. If any of you reading this were in class and have an example you want to share, that would be awesome.

Grace and peace,
Deb