Divine Cornucopia of Blessings, Sometimes it takes every effort to express my gratitude for all I have. The pain gets in the way. Worries plague my mind. The distractions of everyday life mar my view of your glow. In a week of thanksgiving holiness, Clear my obstructions in order to see your intentions for my… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: On Kings and Christ
I’m going to be honest. I don’t think Jesus loves “king” language. But here we are on the Last Sunday in Ordinary Time of RCL year B, and our readings, as always on this Sunday, are all about kings and kingship, and the surely strange application of that title to Jesus. (Readings can be found… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: Minimum Protection (Jeremiah 1:4-10, 7:1-11)
Watching the work that people in my congregation do, it’s clear that they’re called by God to use their gifts as teachers or social workers, as parents or attorneys. Sometimes they say they just drifted into the work they do, not seeing the steps as part of God’s leading. Other times they have a certainty… Read More
Monday Prayer
This morning I gave thanks… For a small bench, Halfway up a steep climb To pause and take in the view… This morning I gave thanks… For Friends across the world, and closer to home, Who remembered and asked… “How did it go?” This morning I gave thanks… For freedom to climb a hill and… Read More
sunday prayer.
well. today is Your day. I know. everyday is Your day, but especially today is A Sabbath. so, I pray for all those who show up in your Churches today~~all the churches, all the sanctuaries, all the forests and beaches and beautiful places and safe places and Love places. I pray for all those… Read More
Saturday Prayer: Thank You
God of life, We give you thanks For families and feasts, For aloneness and enough; For music and laugher, For silence and sorrow; For long journeys home, And for the homes we make where we are. Thank you for anticipation and fulfillment, For excitement and tranquility, For busyness and uselessness; For work and for ease.… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: The End, almost…
(Photo by Terri Pilarski) Two more Sundays and we’ve concluded another long season after the Pentecost. The readings, if one is following the RCL, are sounding doom and gloom and pointing to the end of all things. The world around many of us kind of looks that way too: wild fires, snowstorms, and… Read More
Friday Prayer: Psalm 27 Revisited
Psalm 27, Revised Julia Edition God is my opening to life and my deliverance from evil— who thinks they can scare me? The Lord is a solid fence around me— who will try and come through God’s defenses? When those who oppose God’s will come at me thinking they can do something, it is all over for… Read More
Friday Festival: God Pops Up in the Questions
As the November days grow short, and the light wanes, our bloggers are listening for God, and are asking God – and the rest of us – thoughtful questions. The cold and dark are inspiring Connie Tuttle to think about the gifts of Advent, which mirror the gifts of other shadowy seasons. “We begin to… Read More
RevGalBookPals: A Gracious Heresy
I’ve heard the story from my Presbyterian colleagues about the Rev. David Bailey Sindt, who stood up at the 1974 General Assembly with a sign that read, “Is anybody else out there gay?” Other mainline denominations have their semi-famous gay icons, but what of the gay and lesbian people who took their own stands on less-remembered… Read More
