![Psalm [I have a friend]](https://braidedway.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a-9-1280x640.jpg)
I have a friend
who speaks to the Holy Ghost.
I listen; he looks
into the distance
and says “The Spirit says
to wait.” The leaf looks back
at the branch and dreams
of rivers. I look back at my life,
friends, and confess
I’m not really sure
how I got here. In the looking
back: salt, sand, even sourwood
honey on a white tablecloth.
Randy pours the Spirit out
and then tells me
it told him to shut up.
So we’re quiet for a while
as I watch a bird
singing just behind his head.
The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.
