Finding Comfort in Uncertainty

By Charles "Hobs" Hobgood

The poetry is designed to open your inner mystic. The poetry bridges Christian and Buddhist insights into our deeper longings and the present moment. The writings attempt to become guideposts toward authentic living. It is a call to move at least a few steps beyond our cultural conventions and ask new questions of ourselves and our world. The poems are both familiar and fresh and speak to our interconnectedness. They are intended to sustain and deepen our intuitive and spiritual journey. In the final analysis these poems contain a few walkways to new paths. Perhaps we will then hear what the surf is saying to the sand. Eternity has many languages.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: May 2, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524606480

Charles "Hobs" Hobgood

Therapist, Educator, Poet Professor Emeritus Defiance College Faculty National Leadership Conference, American Youth Foundation Public and Private Mental Health Practice Passion for Theology and Spiritual Journey

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Published by AuthorHouse   04/29/2016

ISBN: 978-1-5246-0649-7 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016906935

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Contents

Take the Time

Stepping -Stone to Mystery

Out Beyond Convention

Nitty Gritty God

Neither Logos nor Sophia

Feeding Frenzy

Cousin to All

Breaking Open

As Blossoms Open and Close

Wandering and Bumping

Tucked In

Thread Holders and Seekers

Swimming Lessons

Son and Daughters of the High Desert

Invitation to a Cosmic Part

Getting Dressed

Detoxify and Drift

Myths that Deceive Us

Trusting Silence

Stillness Thoughts

Privilege or Not

Old Familiar

Green Cathedral

Destination

Desert Song

Back Side of Certainty

A New Kind of Darkness

Cross as Crossing Out the I

Wind, Leaves, God, and Me

Morning Walks

Night Sky Meditation

Palm Sunday

Wash My Eyes

Unlocking Deeper Living

Under the Redwood Tree

This is not a Cheery Poem

Sounds Familiar

Parables of Wonder

Look, the Field is Alive with Daisies

Living Well

Enough

Chance Encounter

Announcement

Apron of Longing

The Bend in the Road

Omega Point

Hitching Post

Go Softly

A Soul’s Cage

Dictionary Aside

Hanging Out

Within Mumbo-Jumbo Everything

Wisdom’s Way

Inner Witnessing

If

Busy

God Created Man in His Image

Family Album

Where Children Live

Tooth Fairy Resurrection

Tooth Fairy Two

Journey Bravely

Imaginable

Solace,