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Friday, November 15, 2013 — Morning Reflection
I’ve lived along the Gulf Coast and witnessed the destruction of hurricanes. I grew up in northeastern Ohio and experienced 22 years of lake effect […]
I’ve lived along the Gulf Coast and witnessed the destruction of hurricanes. I grew up in northeastern Ohio and experienced 22 years of lake effect […]
In times of war and natural disaster, children are among the most vulnerable victims. In my part of the world, the greater Atlanta, Georiga area, […]
It’s a brisk, quiet, mostly clear morning here in Stone Mountain, Georgia. With all the turmoil in the world, it’s fitting that we reflect another […]
I leave you something for the future. This week, the Reverend Dr. Mark Labberton was inaugurated as the President of Fuller Theological Seminary. At his […]
Today is Veteran’s Day in the US, and Remembrance Day in Canada and countries currently or formerly associated with the British Commonwealth. It originated as […]
Oh how quickly we forget. Barbara Brown Taylor taught me that preaching, really good preaching, is prayer and it is also art. Oh sure, it […]
One of my prayer partners has become my camera. I do not call myself a photographer (nor a poet, nor a writer, nor a musician, […]
I am sure that many of you have experienced Taize as a powerful form of musical meditation and prayer. If not, go to http://www.taize.fr/en to discover more. […]
One of the ways I walk through my life and my ministry is collaboratively and spontaneously. Rafael Vallejo asked me last evening to reflect further on how […]
One of the ways that I most closely see God, feel God and hear God is through the created, the creative and the creators in […]
Prayer can be many things: a journey, a conversation, a transformation , a revelation, a blessing, a gift. During worship, I sometimes speak of it […]
What draws me to Hokusai’s wave prints is the way he combines stillness and movement. Here is one of many with Mt Fuji in the […]
For most of us, there is only the unattended Moment, the moment in and out of time, The distraction fit, lost in a shaft of […]
Llamó, un claro día,.. el viento. – Antonio Machado I am not sure what it was, but like Machado says, “one brilliant day the wind […]
Living Word, who speaks creation into existence, Silence our mouths to listen for you. Your peaceful Presence relieves our anxious thoughts and your mercy restores […]
Cleanser of Souls, who washes away our hurts and messiness, In the mystery of this morning, awaken us to the reality of your ways. Move […]
Irrepressible Spirit, who renews our energy and joy, Come close in these moments. Enter into our weariness where time hangs heavy around our hearts. Wash […]
Unifying God, who scatters Love with abandon, In silence, the truth of our interior’s rise to the surface. Sometimes encountering your Presence leads us to […]
Releaser of Captives, whose grace goes out ahead of us. In stillness and silence, your powerful Presence reveals all that holds us from living fully. […]
Harvester of Love, who redeems each open response, Gather us this Autumn morning to your gracious Presence. Beyond our restlessness and regret, help us to […]