Wednesday, May 7, 2014 — Take Refuge
How precious is your steadfast love, O God. All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings They feast on the abundance of […]
How precious is your steadfast love, O God. All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings They feast on the abundance of […]
Here’s one that I have carried along for many a memorial service. When Death Comes by Mary Oliver When death comes like the hungry bear […]
Consider: the shark winced into the air men lifting the last bloody hammers And Him, somewhere, ponderously lifting another world setting it free to spin, […]
This one comes from Mary Oliver. May it be “the quickening yeast” for our prayers and soul-keeping this week. Actually we could have a Mary […]
Sitting before you today, Beloved Allowing the clarity to come through by itself Putting aside the play of mind for a while And just letting […]
I wish that Brene Brown is right and that church and prayer, word and sacrament, can become midwives for us and not epidurals. Something that […]
Praying with the Parables (Matthew 25:14-30) Have you ever tried to pray with the parables of Jesus? Myers and Debode suggest that they represent some […]
His name is Darcy Oake. He says he specializes in illusions. (And he’s Canadian). Today he had me thinking about my own illusions. And how […]
John 20:1-18: Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the […]
Romans 6:3-11: Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have […]
Imagine how Mary, the disciples, other believers, and the others (Roman, Greek, Jew, Gentile) felt that Good Friday night, so long ago? I wonder what […]
Many of us led or attended Maundy Thursday services last week. We took our place around a table – for a meal, for the Lord’s […]
John 13:21-32: After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, “Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.” The disciples […]
JOHN 12:20-36 Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in […]
JOHN 12:1-11 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave […]
From Romans 8: 11: “If the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the One who raised Christ from […]
The story of the raising of Lazarus is a love story—of Jesus’ love for each member of the family: Martha, Mary and Lazarus, and of […]
From Romans 8: 9: “…”you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you.” The Iona Community, a non-geographic gathering of Christians […]
The Psalmist recovers and wakes in joy: “You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, […]
Psalm 30: 5b “For God’s anger is but for a moment; God’s favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy […]