This morning on the path to the beach the wind whistled through the scrub brush and I answered back in the vernacular. The ocean, unusually talkative, threw waves and words on the shore. I understood her perfectly. Two sea gulls bandied a joke back and forth in their dialect. I got it. Laughed out loud. And while the rising sun chose to be silent, I knew what he meant to say.
Nancy Thomas spent 30 years serving the church in Latin America. Her main ministries were in theological education and training Latin American Christian writers. She and her husband are now retired and living in Oregon. Nancy has published three poetry books with Barclay Press (Of Deity and Bones; The Secret Colors of God; Close to the Ground).