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         “Thus it is written,         that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day,         and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed         in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.         You are witnesses of these things.               —Luke 24.46-48 What do you talk about when you come back,bodily risen but still… Continue reading Witnesses

         Tomorrow, April 4, is the 50th anniversary         of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We lift our song of praise and victoryfor beloved brother Martin.He bore God’s yoke,God’s passion to set us free.With the courage of the prophets he namedthe evils of our racism, materialism and war.He stood fast against our hate and… Continue reading Brother Martin

God of Martin and Rosa,of Fannie Lou and Harriet,Malcom, Mohandas and Cesar,God of Tenzin, Desmond and Malala:I do not ask to see the road ahead.I do not ask for power or brilliance.Give me passion.Give me gratitude for my companionsand love for my siblings in this world.Open my heart to my oneness with all people,that I… Continue reading King Day prayer

Samuel heard the callto speak the Word for God.He head to learn to listen,and learned that to hearis to speak. And he spoke. Dr. Martin heard the calland spoke the Word. Don’t listen for Godif you’re not ready to speak,to speak for truth and justice,for love and mercy.With God, to hear is to speak. This… Continue reading To Hear, to speak

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