Blessing the Dust ~ Will you meet us in the ashes will you meet us in the ache and show your face within our sorrow and offer us your word of grace: That you are life within the dying that you abide within the dust that you are what survives the burning that you arise to make us new. And in our aching you are breathing and in our weeping you are here within the hands that bear your blessing enfolding us within your love. Art and poetry by Jan Richardson