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          But who can detect their errors?              Clear me from hidden faults.                                        —Psalm 19.12 I made a hurtful mistake yesterday, and I apologize.  In criticizing people with closed-minded, delusional thinking I paired them with people with schizophrenia. They are not the same, and it is hurtful to suggest that they are. Mental illness… Continue reading … And see some more

Beloved, you have not given up on us.Shine your light within us.Crucified One, you have been here before.Sustain us with your presence. Give us the wholeheartedness to mourn our brokennessand then to rise and get to work.Give us the resilience to stay faithful,even in the shadow of evil,to do justice and to love mercy. Loving… Continue reading Prayer for going on

In the wilderness prepare the way of the Holy One, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. —Isaiah 40.3 Not that God can’t come ’till we get it right,not that we have to hurry up and clean house before the householder comes, but that the Beloved is coming,and asks us to trust.Not… Continue reading Prepare

        Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith.                   —2 Corinthians 13.5 How do you live through the siege? Whether it is climate change, police brutality, a viral pandemic or 400 years of white supremacy, how do you live faithfully when there is sickness and evil around you? First, examine yourself.… Continue reading Examine yourselves

         Six days later, Jesus led them up a high mountain.         And he was transfigured before them,          and his face shone like the sun,          and his clothes became dazzling white.                  —Matthew 17.1-2 Six days after what? And were there trumpets?Hallelujahs loud? Bright lights? No, Jesus wasbright enough, it seems. But not some photo op,dear Peter, sorry, not his… Continue reading Transfiguration

         You have heard.. “You shall not murder’”         But I say to you that if you are angry with a sibling,          or insult them you will be liable to judgment.         When you are offering your gift at the altar,          if you remember that someone has something against you…         first be reconciled to your sibling,          and then come and… Continue reading Rage

         Now we have received not the spirit of the world,          but the Spirit that is from God.                  —1 Corinthians 2.12 The Emperor struts proudlyshrouded in his acclaim.His admirers shout their praise.They cheer for their lives. The palace reeksof the embalming fluid of lies,the grave clothes of popularitywrapped tightly around them. I will give you all… Continue reading The Emperor struts

            Just as he came up from the water,                   suddenly the heavens were opened to him          and he saw the Spirit of God                   descending like a dove and alighting on him.          And a voice from heaven said,                   “This is my Son, the Beloved,                   with whom I am well pleased.”                                    —Matthew 3.16-17 Jesus has taken you into… Continue reading Beloved

         Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.                           —Luke 12.34 Wherever your love is,         there will be your will. You pass by a lilac, and its scent allures you;         you want it, and so you turn aside to smell it. If you love it you will seek it.         The more you love, the more might with which… Continue reading Treasure

You are the earth,a little bit of it. You are a microcosm of it, all earth’s life and beauty and hope, right in you.By yourself you are nothing,but you are not by yourself,you are all the rest of it, too. There is one thing,and we are all it. Wonder deeply, thank freely,serve humbly and do… Continue reading Earth Day