The weariness of this worldis not the exhaustionof having received a task too hard.It is the despair of having workedat the wrong thing too long,having strained against the pull of life,against the gravity of origin,resisting the fire of genesis within us,fighting the flow of God through us,the current of becoming.Within us groans the mother of… Continue reading The world’s weariness
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The journey goes on
The journey is not over.It never is.Justice is not a statue we erect,and then we’re finished.Justice is a dance we are either dancingor not dancing, every day.The music is always playing.Evil—selfish fear—is always making noise,trying to drown out the music.But deep down the goodness lives;the music is always there.We are always invited to dance,to show… Continue reading The journey goes on
Lent: Guiding Thoughts
Lent is about giving stuff up and generally being miserable, right? No. Lent is about returning to delight. Lent invites us back into the loving arms of God. Lent is about confronting all the life-draining ways we seek cheap substitutes for God’s love and grace and mercy, and chucking them and turning to the Real… Continue reading Lent: Guiding Thoughts
Palm/Passion Sunday
March 24, 2024 Lectionary Texts Service of the Palms Mark 11.11-11. Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on a donkeyPsalm 118. 1-2, 19-29. Open the gates of righteousness… the stone the builders rejected…Hosanna… festal procession Service of the Passion Isaiah 50.4-9. I gave my back to those who struck me…God helps me; who will declare me guilty?… Continue reading Palm/Passion Sunday
A litany for graduates
Leader: Today we honor you who are graduating,for you are on a sacred journey.All: Your journey is not only the learning of your mindbut the growing of your heart.We celebrate the effort you have given to accomplish this.And we ask God’s blessing for the journey yet to come.May God always give you gifts of curiosity… Continue reading A litany for graduates
4th Sunday after Epiphany
January 28, 2024 Lectionary Texts Deuteronomy 18. 15-20. God promises to raise up a prophet for the people. You will know to take the prophet seriously if what the prophet says turns out to be true. Psalm 111. Great are the works of God: God gives us food, provides us with a wisdom (“precepts”) that… Continue reading 4th Sunday after Epiphany
Becoming the body
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As God has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” —John 20.21-22 Jesus returned not to prove a point,not to give us something to profess centuries later,but to give us his spirit,to breathe his… Continue reading Becoming the body
Epiphany Sunday
December 31, 2023 Lectionary Texts Isaiah 60.1-6. “Rise shine; your light has come.” God’s people will be light for the whole world, and people will come, bearing gifts and honors, praising God. Psalm 72. A prayer for God’s guidance and support for a new king We pray for justice, which is that the poor receive… Continue reading Epiphany Sunday
My Theological Dictionary
From Ama – to -Zing and Beyond: How I put it all together Download this document here. A Theological Dictionary Christian theology is good, as long as you remember that talking about love and doing it are two different things. Theology cannot make us love, or make us experience love; it can only give us… Continue reading My Theological Dictionary
Beatitudes: Ten Versions & Eight Meditations
Matthew 5.3-12 [Download this here.] Ten Versions Given everythingBlessed are you who are depleted, who have nothing, for God will give you everything. Blessed are you who are broken-hearted, for in through those cracks seeps God. Blessed are you who have no power in this world, for God has power in you. Blessed are you… Continue reading Beatitudes: Ten Versions & Eight Meditations