From the daughter of a RevGal teaching in Japan: This past Saturday I went to a local mall in Tokushima to do some shopping with my girlfriend, J. As we were walking to the ATMs, a few preteen girls and a mom came walking toward us from the opposite direction. I heard the girls start… Read More
Easter Sunday Prayer
Let us do what is right, with prayer and praise: We rejoice in your renewal, O Creator — alleluia, amen — and we celebrate the labor to which we are called. We rejoice that we are not surrendered to death — alleluia, amen — and we celebrate your name on this day. We preach the women’s… Read More
Saturday Prayer – Between
Here we are, Lord, slung between death and resurrection. Suspended in the moment between the blank page and the final word the desperate argument and the forgiving embrace the pink slip and the new offer the last tear and the first smile the diagnosis and the treatment plan the caught breath and the exhale. Here… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Easter
We’ve done it. Travelled the journey of Lent. Moved through Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and (for some of us) The Great Vigil of Easter. Now, we’re headed to Easter morning. What will you be preaching on this morning? Are you compelled to tell the story from the perspective of the women? The one’s who… Read More
Friday Prayer
O Holy One, as Creation holds its breath, we wait we ponder we search our souls. we doubt we step back in fear we fail you. grant us peace give us hope clear our minds as we listen for that first whisper from the tomb, as we watch for that first glimmer of resurrection light.… Read More
RevGalBookPals: Burnout
I just finished a huge writing project. My last edit was done in my pajamas, with unwashed hair and sweaty armpits. When I got in the shower after hitting the big SEND, I began to wonder why I didn’t feel relieved. Then I remembered what I read in Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle:… Read More
Maundy Thursday Prayer: Remember
“Do this to remember me…” However we do this with a loaf, wafers, cubes of bread… However we do the doing in vestments our Sunday best barefoot or high-heeled Dear God, help us to remember not the to-do list or the thing we forgot to write on the to-do list or who is doing what… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
On this day, a quiet holy day that’s silent and full… most everything is ready for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and even Easter morning, I pray with my breathing. I pray with my heart beat. I pray with my sighing. I pray with my unfinished, foggy thoughts. I pray with my list. I pray with… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
God of hope God of life Now begins the holiest of weeks The Lenten journey concludes through pain sorrow despair illness loss fear anger hatred vitriol grief Through a (self) examination of all the ways we work against You – against your hopes and dreams O God for creation against Your love poured out in… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: I have seen the Lord!
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! But not quite yet. For church professionals, we first have to endure the hard and holy week leading up to Easter. We live out the mental, emotional, and spiritual drama in real time. On Maundy Thursday, we may wash feet or share Communion, or both (hopefully with some… Read More
