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Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.           See, the home of God is among mortals. God will dwell with them; they will be God’s peoples. The Holy One will personally be with them, and will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no… Continue reading God will wipe away every tear

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                     After yesterday’s Boston Marathon bombings, people around the world are praying for this city, and the people affected by the violence. But don’t stop there: pray for the whole world. After all, it’s really the world’s marathon. I’ve been there near the finish line, surrounded by… Continue reading Marathon kindness

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                     As he rode along… the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen, saying, “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest… Continue reading The stones would cry out

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                              Jesus said, “The Human One must undergo great suffering,          and be rejected and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”          Then he said to them all, “If any want to become my followers,          let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and… Continue reading Christ be my light

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                     The day has come, the carols sung, the bells of Christmas have been rung, the gifts were given, the feast was served, and one day off of work observed. But all of that was yesterday, and even now you’ve put away the Christmas plates and started… Continue reading Christmas

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                     We call something like a school shooting a “senseless tragedy” and people ask “Why?” People say they’re “trying to make sense of it.” As if there ought to be some sense, ought to be a reason. As if suffering and evil are somehow subject to logic… Continue reading Making sense

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                              …As it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,          The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:          “Prepare the way of the Lord,          make straight a path for God”.                   —Luke 3.4 Luke does a little sleight of hand here. Isaiah… Continue reading A way in the wilderness

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                                     Prepare the way of the Lord;            make straight a path for God.                        —Luke 3.4… Continue reading Prepare the way

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                     I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.                   —Jeremiah 33.15 There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring… Continue reading A disrupting branch

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                              In those days and at that time          I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David;          and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.                   —Jeremiah 33.15 From your heart’s dry clay a green sprig rises,          life-giving, wealthy with buds                   of fruit to… Continue reading A life-giving branch