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Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                     Loose the bonds of injustice, undo the thongs of the yoke, let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke. Then your light shall break forth like the dawn.          —Isaiah 58.6, 8 It is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has… Continue reading Light in the darkness

God! You! Glory! I thank you in my deepest guts,          echoed by the whole tribe of God! Your magic amazes me,          confounds anyone who tries to understand. Your miracles, brilliant and vast,          come from such tender, loving hands! The universe shimmers with grace,          glows with your gentle mercy. We are in awe: you feed us;… Continue reading Psalm 111

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                     Under even the greatest oppression, a select few people have what they need. But this is not true justice. True justice is a whole society that is just; therefore there is no justice until there is justice for all. For this reason the struggle for justice… Continue reading Nonviolence and resurrection

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.          • O Holy Presence, whose love brings all things into being,          come, and draw open by your light the ancient blossoms. O Beloved, radiant with glory in all Creation,           come, and awaken us; teach us to see. O Hands of God, who has opened doors that none… Continue reading O antiphons

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                              The Lord declares to you          that the Lord will make you a house.                   —2 Samuel 7.11 The first time I heard this scripture I imagined God like a magician turning David into a house. Poof! Now you’re a house. That might not be what this means,… Continue reading God’s house

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you. Since parables are usually about something other than what they seem, you can read one as a metaphor for other things, like our relationship with God or something. But it may also be a once-upon-a-time story that’s “about” exactly what it says it’s about. Jesus told some stories… Continue reading Occupy the parable

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                     Someone asked him, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to them, ” “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And… Continue reading The religion of love

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you. When the Lord your God has brought you into the land that God swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—a land with fine, large cities that you did not build, houses filled with all sorts of goods that you did not… Continue reading The day after Columbus Day

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                     Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work…. Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you… Continue reading Labor Day

Dearly Beloved, Grace and Peace to you.                     Usually you plan a party after a big victory. But as Moses was preparing the people to flee Egypt, God instructed them how to celebrate the Passover. God held the party before the event even occurred. The party itself was the first step in their liberation:… Continue reading Exodus