Ingrid OliphantJan 241 minGone to SeedGone to seed, they said as if dried out was done and dusted unable to birth the next generation or build a foundation for the futures.
Ingrid OliphantJan 161 minFirmamentFirmament...Say it out loud Doesn't it sound when it rolls from the tongue like something solid underneath the feet A place that births...
Ingrid OliphantJan 151 minGod's Hand So, yeah God touched me the other day Reached out a mighty hand and laid it on the top of my head Blessed me in the sight of another...
Ingrid OliphantDec 7, 20211 minHolding GraceWhen the world opens you (and, my love, she will) ~without invitation or preamble~ the lostness becomes the place the has been calling...
Ingrid OliphantDec 6, 20211 minStrange BeautyHow long have you looked without seeing the strangeness of your own unearthly beauty that bends the inside of joy out to gaze upon...
Ingrid OliphantNov 18, 20211 minSmoke Dance Rise and dance through the smoke of your burning your heart alit Embers of anger cooled by the tender touch of love Sorrows gone by wept...
Ingrid OliphantNov 17, 20211 minWalking on WaterJesus didn't walk on water. No one ever has. We are held by her, though; those of us who go where others don't dare, those willing to...
Ingrid OliphantNov 16, 20211 minNew TerritoriesYou can’t fold yourself back into the mapped territory you’re familiar with The interior topographies have changed Ridges of division,...
Ingrid OliphantSep 2, 20211 minDaughterThe sun called you daughter long before you were first touched by dawn. Trees bow before you more deeply than they do the wind. You are...
Ingrid OliphantApr 14, 20218 minModern American LynchingAnd a Wounded Country Photo by cottonbro @ Pexels There is a deep wound cleaved in this country. Our shortened and selective memory would...
Ingrid OliphantMar 22, 20212 minThe Mother RisingThe Mother Rising is a series of immersive, experiential transmissions for spiritual awakening and conscious remembering of one’s...
Ingrid OliphantMar 4, 20213 minThe VisitationPhoto by Manyu Varma “When I run after what I think I want, my days are a furnace of stress and anxiety; if I sit in my own place of...
Ingrid OliphantFeb 17, 20212 minNo Path, No Way: PerfectPhoto by Rob Wicks “This focus of ‘inward path’ and ‘outward path’ is as limiting a belief as any. As if one is more ‘righteous’ or...
Ingrid OliphantFeb 16, 20213 minI Am Not Mine OwnI am not my own. My body is not mine. The boundaries of my skin hold the multitudes that began merging within me in 2010. They came...
Ingrid OliphantFeb 15, 202110 minOn Being Homeless AgainA week ago today, I became homeless for the second time. The first time, I did it on purpose and had never imagined that I’d do something...