Monday, March 3, 2014 — Come as You Are
This week I invite us to worship together as we pray morning and night. This morning, I issue the invitation to worship. Put aside all […]
This week I invite us to worship together as we pray morning and night. This morning, I issue the invitation to worship. Put aside all […]
For my final posting, I’d like to share what I call “The Ten Touchstones of the Wild Soul.” They are guiding principles to help us […]
Today, we’re looking at the grasslands. We’re also drawing inspiration about what it is to live with reverence from the Prairie Dog, a creature of […]
Ready for a hike up a mountain? That’s where we’re headed today. This excerpt comes from a chapter in the mountains section titled “Humility.” It […]
Today we’re headed for the soulscape of the oceans and rivers. It’s a challenge to select excerpts to share with you, but most especially in […]
Today we’re headed for the forests. As always, I’m looking at the landscapes as “soulcapes”–places that reflect the fierce challenges and deep beauty we confront […]
Deserts comprise more that one-fifth of the Earth’s surface, and the hottest, driest, places on the planet. Remember, I am writing about these landscapes not […]
“Humans weren’t placed on Earth; we emerged out of the Earth. Every day, we consume part of the Earth in order to stay alive. The […]
As the snow continues to fall here in Philadelphia, I think of all who have no place to go. Though many will cram into shelters […]
“i thank You God for most this amazing” by e.e. cummings i thank You God for most this amazing day:for the leaping greenly spirits of […]
The Guest House This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes […]
And so, in the midst of the snow, the ice, the hanging trees, Nicholas has made his entrance into the world. He and his Grandpa […]
“Then some children were brought to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus […]
I learned from a Bible Study published in “Gather,” a publication of the Women of the ELCA, that when Jesus invited the people to sit […]
Many of the folks living on the street have either lost or had their forms of identification stolen. Though we do our best to help […]
“When it grew late, his disciples came to [Jesus] and said, ‘This is a deserted place and the hour is now very late; send them […]
This print hangs over the bed in the room that serves as our guest room. I found it years ago in a thrift store run […]
Pennies, the smallest unit of US currency, have always had special meaning for The Welcome Church. Because we are a congregation of people with very […]
During Bible Study last week one of the men picked up a crochet hook and some yarn and began to create this lovely square. When […]
“The Dalits, the majority community of India, are politically powerless, socially untouchable, economically poor, and religiously voiceless. Even today casteism is practiced in several parts […]