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God of Love and Justice, I do not pray for peace. I pray for rage, rage at the ways of evil and injustice, rage that burns and transfigures this sick world. I do not pray for mercy, but wrath upon us who have power to speak and do not. I do not pray for comfort,… Continue reading Rage

         I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people.                  —Amos 7.8 How easy it is to be off balance, to be askew, to not see straight. How easy it is to let my own leanings distort what I think is upright. When I build a great tower and see it is off plumb,… Continue reading Plumb line

On this day of independence I give thanks for my freedom, and pray for those who are not free: for those in prison or living under oppression, for the poor and exploited, for those robbed of land and culture for the sake of mine, for those who labor under heavy burdens for the sake of… Continue reading Independence Day prayer

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                    When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha,          “Tell me what I may do for you, before I am taken from you.”          Elisha said, “Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit.”                   —2 Kings 2.9 You who yearn for your master’s spirit, have you forgotten, it was… Continue reading Mantle

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                    They entered a village of the Samaritans                   but they did not receive him.          James and John said, “Lord, do you want us                   to command fire to come down from heaven                   and consume them?”          But he turned and rebuked them.                   —Luke 9.52-55 It’s so easy and tempting and self-defeating… Continue reading Fire from heaven

Blessed are they who are heartbroken,         for it is they who know joy. Blessed are they who are silenced,         for God is among them. Blessed are they who stand alone,          for they are not alone. Blessed are the queer,         for theirs is the image of God. Blessed are they who listen,          for they shall hear God. Blessed are… Continue reading More beatitudes

                                 Holocaust Remembrance Day God of love, expose to me the evils I condonefor the sake of my ease and privilege. Awaken me to the suffering of othersand my dismissal of it. Heal me of the disease of my racism and sexism,my phobias and self-protectiveness and denial. Bring me to awareness and repentance;daily change my… Continue reading Yom Hashoah

Peter says, “I’m going fishing.”What? So soon? Fishing already,in the smelly little boat,not running through Jerusalempreaching resurrection? Why not? Why make him change jobs?Why make him seem so different from us? If resurrection isn’t about real lives, our real lives,then what good is it?Maybe Peter experienced Easter then went home.Carried on. No big career change.… Continue reading Gone fishing

                   Some Pharisees said, “Herod wants to kill you.”          He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me,          ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures.’”                   —Luke 13.31-32          When evildoers assail me to devour my flesh—          my adversaries and foes— they shall stumble and fall.                   —Psalm 27.2          Stand firm in the Lord.… Continue reading Stand firm

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                    Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.                   —1 Corinthians 12.4 To one God has given the gift of good humor, to another the gift of resilience, to another courage, to another the appreciation of beauty, to another truth-telling, to another soft-heartedness, to another the… Continue reading Varieties of gifts