Register today for RevGalBlogPals REVive Iona: Renewal on the Edge – Being Church in a Liminal Time, led by the Reverend Liz Crumlish. This will be our second REVive retreat at Bishop’s House on the Isle of Iona, Scotland. The Program In this post-Christendom era, how might we be church, discovering anew God’s purpose for… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Holy Love, it is in you I center my heart today. My heart that is delicate and fierce, whole and full of fragments. As I walk and think and feel through the experience of living, this day, I pray for freedom to cherish, the resolve to be truthful, the goodness to be mercy upon mercy… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Through all the trials and tribulations, the anxiety and fear, the changes and challenges, the loss and the grief, the endlessness of these days, may peace come. may peace come, if only for a moment. may peace come like a gentle breeze like the soft breath of a baby may peace come like the stillness… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: Sabbath Healing
This week’s Gospel lesson reminds us what it is like to be the guest preacher – or to invite a guest to fill your pulpit – and have something unexpected happen. Can you put yourself in the place of the synagogue leader, who was allowing Jesus to teach that Sabbath, and imagine how it must… Read More
Monday Prayer
In the midst of all things–where alpha ends and omega begins, and the swirl of yesterdays give birth to this day–we seek the voice of your blessed Spirit. Ah, there it is, in the tempering breeze against the heat, and the cry of the hungry belly. It is there in the groan of our task… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: Romans 13
In the midst of the current immigration debacle in the United States, I have seen an uptick in quoting Romans 13:1-2: Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed,… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Beloved
Let me sing for the Beloved, and let the Beloved sing for me: songs of delight and satisfaction, of discovery and renewal, of harmony and hope. Let me hum for the Beloved, and let the Beloved hum for me: lullabies of comfort and patience, of possibility and peace, of justice and love. Let me chant… Read More
Saturday Prayer: When Pastoral Duty Calls
When a shopping trip becomes an in-aisle counseling session; When a family dinner is interrupted by a needy text; When Saturday night out becomes Saturday night in front of the computer finishing a sermon; When the hair appointment gets postponed for a hospital visit; When a good night’s sleep is disrupted by frantic jotting of… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: What is God asking
This summer my congregation and I have been engaging a sermon dialogue time. We are doing this to help us all listen more deeply for God. To do this I ask them to listen for three things in the readings: What word, image, or phrase stands out for them. I ask them to pay attention… Read More
Friday Festival: Relationships Reconsidered
With honesty and tenderness, our bloggers are considering relationships this week – with God, with Jesus, with our stuff and with a lamented mother, who has just died. The hard work of stopping the rush of her life has Sally Coleman thinking about where God is inviting her to sing a new song. “I have… Read More
