As September wanes summer disappears in early morning mists… As September wanes summer approaches through the dawning of spring shoots and new growth. It is all a matter of perspective. As one waves goodbye, another waits excitedly in welcome. So it is with life and love and faith. As one thing ends another begins. Precious… Read More
Sunday Prayer
From the rising of the sun to the setting of the moon, may we remember all the glory, all the blessing, all the gifts, all the splendor of Love spilled out upon us, Splashing abundantly over and through our living. From the rising of the sun to the setting of the moon, may we remember… Read More
Saturday Prayer – City Prayer
The city is terrible, of course. Too much concrete and not enough trees. The houseless suffer and the wealthy prosper. Nazis, who don’t even bother to be neo anymore, walk the streets unbothered. And don’t even get me started on the traffic, God. And yet, sometimes, when the sun is setting, and her lines are… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Summers End
As summer turns to fall in the northern hemisphere, our best offering in my desert home may be the cooler evenings and sunsets. In the Southern Hemisphere, Spring is coming! What will you preach this last day of summer or winter? RCL preachers have scheming managers, famous quotes about “no balm in Gilead” (will anyone… Read More
Friday Prayer
This is my daily prayer: That I’m alert to God’s tender care. Grace and mercy abound, I was lost, now I’m found. This divine welcome with all I must share. The Reverend Julia Seymour serves Big Timber Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Big Timber, MT. She blogs at lutheranjulia.blogspot.com and readsallthethings.com. She contributed to There’s A Woman in the Pulpit and… Read More
Thursday Prayer
These sick hearts, they cry to you, O God. Battered and twisted, weary and, well, barely functioning, These hearts, the very ones you gave us, Hearts that have known joy and laughter, Hearts that can sing even when they ache, Hearts that pull through and fight on and scream out, too, These hearts, that have… Read More
Help Us Build a Big Event
Beginning in 2008, RevGalBlogPals has offered a Big Event (BE) every year. Big Events are intentionally planned to include continuing education, collegiality, and respite. The planning process for Big Event 2021 is already under way! To help guide our work, we invite your input on what is important to you regarding continuing education decisions, as… Read More
RevGalBookPals: The Journey of York
I live in Montana and here, as in some other parts of the United States, the story of Lewis and Clark is part of the local ethos. The truth and the fiction of the Corps of Discovery is in the soil here. When Philemon was recently in the lectionary, I thought about York. York was enslaved… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
God we come ready to listen waiting to hear Your still speaking voice Send Your Spirit to fall afresh on us To break open those closed places in our hearts And soften those hardened places in our souls And heal those troubled places in our minds So that we might hear You above the noise… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
My yawns are overwhelming this day, God. My eyelids are heavy, And my mind has ceased to function. For my midday dips of energy and Slumps of spirit, Surround me with your strength. God, as this day lengthens, And my energy wanes, Allow my spirit to soak in your energy. Amen. ***** The Rev. Michelle… Read More
