Author Archives: wingedboots

Looking for Emmanuel – post Newton

By wingedboots | Published: December 24, 2012

In the late 90s I volunteered one morning a week for one class in a middle school in Mattapan in Boston at a time of many youth-on-youth shootings.  I asked my sixth grade class how we could make the class safe. Quickly ideas were shouted out:  “armed guards, metal detectors, bars on the windows.” Then […]

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Our Newborn Joy

By wingedboots | Published: December 2, 2012

A word, softly spoken Impregnates our busy lives Swelling the recollection We are already loved. A prayer for Advent Jamie Coats December 2012

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Bean & Leaf

By wingedboots | Published: August 18, 2012

She walked into the bar and saw him immediately, the Greenman. His face was made of leaves, he wore a summer suit and a floral Liberty print tie displaying a riot of flowers tastefully tumbling down his front. She sat next to him. She was wearing a small silk pouch around her neck that matched […]

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The Green Man and Pegasus

By wingedboots | Published: February 24, 2012

At a bar met the Green Man Who asks, “Like a word?” “I am looking for Emmanuel, Emma for short.” “Go to my barn, take some lessons, I’ve just the horse for you, Pegasus. What a winged horse, Asked for a barn right on the cliff edge So he’d be able to leap straight into […]

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Glimpse of Light

By wingedboots | Published: February 22, 2012

A door slams, locking us in the dark. The handle spins uselessly in our grasp. We see a tiny cross-shaped eye hole, We catch a glimpse of light. Keep looking, light dissolves the door, We will step from darkness into light.

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Stations of the Christ – 8 Visions – Index

By wingedboots | Published: February 21, 2012

The Stations of the Christ is a transcription of eight visionary experiences that I had during Lent 2004. Introduction: How it Began Vision 1: Christ Reigns Vision 2: In Boots, Behold God! Vision 3: The Keys to Heaven Vision 4: The Virgin Void Vision 5: Blind Apostles Vision 6: Crucify Her Vision 7: Resurrection, Easter […]

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Beautiful Reminders

By wingedboots | Published: November 1, 2011

The love of God Is like a butterfly That reminds us That we are as Beautiful as flowers And in our darkest heart Is the love giving Nectar of life. I am part of a team working with the Brothers of the Society of Saint the Evangelist at their Monastery in Cambridge, Massachusetts on communication. […]

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The Best Way to be Blocked

By wingedboots | Published: October 7, 2011

Part of the Vestry Papers issue on Innovative Stewardship I’m not alone when making the observation that often, as we look ahead, our paths seem blocked and full of obstacles. While the Kingdom of Heaven may be right under our nose and what we need may be close at hand, we fail to see it […]

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How to be a Winged-Boot Fitter

By wingedboots | Published: August 30, 2011

This article was written for the Episcopal Church Foundation Vital Practices Website http://www.ecfvp.org/ In Lent 2004 I had a vision during a meditation and wrote down a story entitled “In Boots Behold God” that told of Jesus giving me a pair of winged-boots and instructing me to “go fit boots!” Since this story emerged I […]

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Hit by a Bus Haiku

By wingedboots | Published: July 31, 2011

I am, roadside down Hit by a bus out biking, Tears, loving my child Jamie Coats     August 2009 On July 31, 2009 I was hit by a bus while bicycling to work. As I lay on the ground an apparition of my daughter appeared before me.

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