Last week, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi was asked by a reporter the question “Do you hate the president?” Her response was passionate, knowing that her motivations had been misconstrued: “…as a Catholic, I resent your using the word ‘hate’ in a sentence that addresses me. I don’t hate anyone. I… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Peace
In the fear of the LORD, we pray for a root — merely a root, buried deep — that we might hope for the blooming of peace. In the wonder of the LORD, we pray for a child — for every child among us — to tame the lions and asps within us to be… Read More
Saturday Prayer: Just a little light
Lord, I enjoy the yards full of lights, the choir rehearsing the songs of angels and shepherds. I love to celebrate a mother and child, an overfilled inn and a manger and… …a reindeer? I confess I get distracted by the trimmings and forget the Main Story of Christmas! So help me see your Light… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: the second candle is still not pink
Somehow it is the second Sunday of Advent. In churches everywhere, laypeople will be staring at the wreath wondering which candle they are supposed to light….it’s still not pink yet. Keep waiting for another week and stick to the purple/blue, friends! Whether you are in the RCL pondering John the Baptist or the shoot from… Read More
Friday Festival: Advent Introspection
Advent invites us to introspection. We consider the year as it winds to an end, we consider the resolutions we so optimistically made eleven months ago (if we even remember them), we consider how we hope to move forward as we prepare to turn yet another page on the calendar. Many of our bloggers this week… Read More
Friday Prayer: Advent during The Holidays
God, ‘Tis the season for celebrations and joy, And for struggles and grief. ‘Tis the season for hurried scurrying And for expectant waiting. ‘Tis the season for doing all the things And for silent, holy nights. Holy One, we are in the Holiday Season, And we are trying to live into Advent. I suppose it… Read More
Ordiversary Party: ending the year right!
Hello, December! You’ve come with Christmas parties and twinkling lights (here in the very dark-nights-short-days of Scotland anyway)….and now with an INCREDIBLE person to help us celebrate December ordiversaries! The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney is an amazing priest and professor, a great scholar, and a wonderful friend. She’s shared her “saga” of responding to God’s… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Hope of the tree
A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. Isaiah 11:1 “For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease” Job 14: 7 By the grace of God, may we… Read More
Give to RevGalBlogPals!
Give to the RevGals fundraiser today and be entered into a drawing for lovely prizes you can see in this video, donated by RevGals Board President Julia Seymour and Executive Director Martha Spong. There are three ways we encourage you to give: Make a one-time gift through our Facebook fundraiser. Set up a recurring gift… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
On this Advent Wednesday, after a couple of days being yakky sick, I sit in the warmth of my office, the minister of music is practicing something in the other end of the building, and the caramel tones of piano are wafting faintly through my door. I hear the voices of the treasurer, the administrator,… Read More
