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My hope and prayer and confidenceis that in this new year:God will be lovingly present for you,and you will more and more deeply trustGod’s delight in you.Christ will lead you every step of the new year.The Spirit’s gifts will unfold in you in new ways.I rejoice that in this new yearbeauty will surround you; grace… Continue reading A New Year’s blessing

The the forces of evil rise,chaos running in their veins.The armies of injustice and their corporationsare arrayed in power and might.They are already in the a streets and alleys,their wardens and traffickers at work,their war machines hulking in the dark. The Eternal One announces their doom.Heaven’s blacksmiths set to their dark laborhammering through the night… Continue reading My eyes have seen your salvation

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.           The spirit of God the Holy One is upon me,                    because God has anointed me,                    and sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,          to bind up the brokenhearted,                    to proclaim liberty to the captives,          and release to the prisoners;                    to proclaim… Continue reading Not political

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you. This world is God’s good creation; yet all is not well. We are a broken people. As the year descends into darkness and winter approaches, we feel in our bones the coldness and need of the human family. Evil abounds. Cruelty is policy. Injustice reigns. Racism, greed and… Continue reading Advent

         I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.                   —Ezekiel 34.20 God notices our injustice,and despises it.God sees our systems that favor someand exclude others;it is God whom we exclude. The Realm over which Christ reignsis no heaven in the clouds,but this trodden earth,this very place where we foul the waterof our… Continue reading Fat sheep

God of mercy,we cry, we cry to you.Be with us in our darkness.May your love prevail over all.Shelter our broken hearts, hallow our grief,put your arms around our sorrow.Bear our losses with us, and receive our death.Give us wisdom to bear both horror and hope,to face our brokenness without blame,and our fear without despair.Give us… Continue reading A prayer in dark times

         “By what authority are you doing these things,         and who gave you this authority?”                   —Matthew 21.23 You’re not afraid to wear your team’s jersey,or a wedding ring, or to announce to the massesyour alma mater or your favorite designer. The scribes didn’t have the gutsto know where their guts came from,to let the light from within… Continue reading You’ve declared

         Those who gathered much had nothing over,         and those who gathered little had no shortage;         they gathered as much as each of them needed.         Some left part of it until morning,         and it bred worms and became foul.         Morning by morning they gathered it,         as much as each needed;         but when the sun grew hot, it melted.                  —from Exodus 16.18-21 God’s vision of… Continue reading Manna – II

         “Is your eye evil because I am generous?”                  —Matthew 20.15 Jesus tells a story in which workers labor one, three, six, nine or twelve hours— but the employer pays them all the same amount, a usual day’s wage. Those who worked longer feel short-changed, and are not happy. What do you think this story is about?… Continue reading One parable in ten takes

         The bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed.         Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight,          and see why the bush is not burned up.”                   —Exodus 3.2 It is possible to see the wonder and not turn aside,both the bush and the flame enduring,beauty and pain together,divine glory and suffering,the young… Continue reading Burning bush