Dear God, As we prepare and plan, as we wonder and write, as we cross this t and dot that i, as we attend to every detail for worship tomorrow; help us to remember the sweep of your vast glory, the majesty of your mercy, the grandeur of your eternal promise and presence. Amen. … Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: From where you are
Lots of emotive triggers in our texts this week, in both the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary. Themes of grief, grace, forgiveness, resourcefulness, compassion, empowerment, themes that cannot fail to speak into all our differing contexts. Knowing the context into which we are called to preach, do we have the courage to go… Read More
Friday Festival: These Writing Women
While the call to ministry is not necessarily a call to writing, RevGalBlogPals was founded by women whose urge to write, both about ministry and about life more broadly, led them to publish blogs. Whatever we write, from poems to prayers to anecdotes and sermon illustrations, we are writing to some extent about ourselves. Connie… Read More
Friday Prayer: Longings
Creator God, Like the hungry fox staring at the empty bird feeder I long for things that will not satisfy my hunger for you. Remind me when I yearn for the lost chances, the broken dreams, the end of a road, that you are still there, And I can be fully satisfied by the bounty… Read More
Thursday Prayer: disrupting the status quo
Dear God, Make us in your likeness: that we might disrupt what is taken for granted, and be challengers of the status quo that privileges the normative white, straight, able-bodied. Nourish us with the stories of our forebears: that their actions might fuel prophetic imaginations in our own time. Equip and empower us to work… Read More
Save the Date! Big Event 2020
Save the date and join RevGalBlogPals at the Franciscan Center in Tampa, Florida, for Big Event 2020: From Vision to Action. Registration will open on June 1, 2019. Three outstanding clergywomen will share their stories and help participants explore how a vision for ministry becomes action in the world. Our week will include worship, plenary… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Holy Love, You beckon to me in my breath to take another or four more deep ones. My heart is full, and it needs to settle and sort and allow for all of the newness to sink in, finding it’s place in the folds of my soul and mind. Holy Wonder, In the fade of… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: Love Your Enemies Edition
Sometimes, it feels like all the world is against you. Everyone is cursing, hating, or abusing you. Nothing is working out the way you want, and all the powers are conspiring against you. Sometimes, this is really the case. When that happens, Jesus has difficult but important advice for us. Love those people anyway. The… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: Banquets and Blessings (Matthew 14:13-33)
Yawn…another feeding story…another miracle story. Because versions of this story show up in the readings so often, the power of the story gets lost in our familiarity with it. Even the delightful details are familiar – Jesus inviting (commanding?) the disciples to share the work with him, the grass that evokes a new Eden, the… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
God our Mother birthing new life through chaos God our Father building hope from the bleak night God our Sister comfort us in times of sorrow God our Brother guide us through the storms, calm water God of the Night source of all, hope prevails God of the Day show us the way, love as… Read More
