Wasn't  it  Karen Andreola who coined the term "mother culture" to describe the need for homemaking-homeschooling moms to refresh themselves? Today, the business at hand required me to stay home and wait for several important phone calls. Instead jumping into 1,001 things that all need attention, I chose to have a small bit of mother culture this afternoon.  Some Psalms, some passages in 2 Corinthians and 1 Peter, and some lovely poems made excellent reading.  It was a welcome time to slow down and watch the baby nap on the porch and big brother and sister play in the yard, and even have a quiet tea-time. How long ago was the last one? I can't remember!

Here's a poem I particularly enjoyed.

 The Coming of His Feet

Lyman W. Allen

In the crimson of the morning, in the whiteness of the noon,

   In the amber glory of the day's retreat,

In the midnight, robed in darkness, or the gleaming of the moon,

   I listen to the coming of His feet.

I heard His weary footsteps on the sands of Galilee,

   On the Temple's marble pavement, on the street,

Worn with weight of sorrow, faltering up the slopes of Calvary,

   The sorrow of the coming of His feet.

Down the minster aisles of splendor, from betwixt the cherubim,

   Through the wondering throng, with motion strong and fleet.

Sounds the victor tread appraoching, with a music far and dim---

   The music of the coming of His feet.

Sandaled not with sheen of silver, girded not with woven gold,

   Weighted not with shimmering gems and odors sweet,

But white-winged and shod with glory in the Tabor light of old---

   The glory of the coming of His feet.

He is coming, O my spirit, with His everlasting peace,

  With His blessedness immortal and complete;

He is coming, O my spirit, and His coming brings release--

  I listen for the coming of His feet.