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Friday, July 26, 2024

Christi Ortiz

Christi Ortiz is a licensed marriage and family therapist by profession and a poet by passion.  She enjoys trying to put to words to that which is wordless and give voice to the dynamic and wild spiritual journey called life. She lives in Spokane with her husband and two children, Emmanuel and Grace. She loves the outdoors and meditating in the early mornings which gives rise to her poetry.

POEM: Wu-Wei

By Christi Ortiz   Ancient wisdom reminds us it is not in the doing, the best things in life you cannot force, like love, joy, peace, generosity, forgiveness, and lasting...

POEM: Tears, our Holy Water

The world needs us to cry more, to cry tears of repentance, tears of grief, tears of compassion,

POEM: Borrowed

Some think gratitude is a difficult thing to cultivate

The Ascension – A Poem

Why were the apostles chastised for looking up into the sky? Didn't Jesus just ascend? Who's to blame them?

Poem: Faith In or Faith out?

A spirituality that pulls me deeper and deeper into my self, further immersed in self absorption, is a wolf in sheep's clothing

Planting the Seed, a poem

The humus earth is ripe and soft awaiting my planting as if its spent these long winters months just waiting for this moment

The Tomb Continued — a poem

And then I remember the Resurrection story. I imagine the morning after when the disciples arose weary and puffy eyed from weeping with grief desolate, scared and confused.

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