Teacher,
we looked for you
and could not find you.
We did not see where you went.
Our faith disappeared … Read More
Saturday Prayer, July 31, 2021
Didn’t quite make it all the way up the stairs God, I pray today for all whodon’t quite make it up the stairsof a day or a dream,or maybe the treads and risersof what seems like a whole life – because they are so weary,or there are tacks and splinters,in the form of criticizing words,or… Read More
Friday Prayer
I breathe, Dropping my shoulders down and relaxing my jaw. I breathe, Rolling my head from side to side and shaking out my joints. I breathe, Tightening and releasing muscles. I breathe, Acknowledging my thoughts and feelings and remembering they don’t define me. I breathe, Leaning back to find support in your everlasting arms. Amen. … Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Life or Leftovers
What’s the Good News this week, preacher friends? Where are you finding abundance in the first Sunday of August? The crowd following Jesus is hoping for a few leftovers (remember those twelve baskets of abundance the disciples gathered after Jesus multiplied loaves and fish?), but Jesus has other ideas. In fact, all of the RCL… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
In a world where beauty standards often render so many of us, your beloved, as ugly, Where racism, patriarchy, ableism, xenophobia, and homophobia would cause us to believe we don’t belong, And success means upward mobility and towering over the more vulnerable, Your creation reminds us that it is more than “okay” to be queer,… Read More
Worship Words for 1 August, 2021
Have you been caught up in the race for Gold, Silver and Bronze at the Olympics-a little distracted this week by the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat? Are you in the U.S. watching hearings that are like tearing the scabs off of barely healing wounds from last January 6th? Our texts this… Read More
The Pastoral is Political : Efficacy & Love
While doom scrolling through social media the other day, I hovered over a post that basically said that some of us stayed home when we were supposed to, and so those who have chosen not to be vaccinated can stay home now; that it’s their turn. I sort of harrumphed in agreement and then immediately… Read More
Tuesday Prayer: Wellness
God of our bodies, and minds, and souls: We often don’t know when to stop. We often push when our bodies say slow and our minds are hurting. In all of this, you hope for our wellness. You call for us to proper rest and care. May we honor our mental health in our work… Read More
Monday Prayer – Hope
God, we sang one of my favorite hymns on Sunday and I’m still thinking about it. Is it ok that for now this is the prayer that I have? Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, with all thy quickening powers; Kindle a flame of sacred love, in these cold hearts of ours. Come Holy Spirit as… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: Hard to Believe
Three passages invite us to reflect on our “believing.” What inspires belief? What challenges it? What proves it? What disproves it? What, for us, makes it hard to believe the worst of truth or the best of it? What is hard for you to believe about the gospel? If any of those questions caught your… Read More
