Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 1 John 5:9-13 John 17:6-19 Psalm 1 This week we continue in the Acts readings with the election of a new apostle to replace Judas. Acts 1:15 and more provides an early context for the election of church leaders. The 120 or so gathered in the room decide on a criteria for… Read More
Monday Prayer
Your feathered choir is in fine fettle this morning, God. They line the trees in the half light of dawn, clear their delicate throats, and sing in their strange language. Guide us as we wake, brew the coffee, move about our day and into another week. Help us to be kind. Help us to be… Read More
Monday Prayer
Dear God, thank you for the many blessings to ponder in the early dark of Monday morning. Thank you for soft cat voices asking for breakfast, for fading daffodils and blooming tulips, standing tall and somewhat pretentious. Thank you for spring rain carried on the breeze, for the sounds of organ music pouring forth from… Read More
RCL – Easter III
Acts 3:12-19 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 The Acts reading picks up just after Peter has healed the lame man at the Beautiful gate, and drawn a bit of a crowd. The crowd is clamoring, questioning, pushing in on one another – And Peter says basically, what the heck is wrong with you? Peter’s question… Read More
Monday Prayer
Thank you gracious Creator for your gifts. Thank you for the minds behind pandemic vaccines. Thank you for music. Thank you for the way the birds sing, heralding the dawn. Thank you for the confusing liturgy of Palm Sunday, for the opportunity to walk once more the road to the cross, to that morning garden… Read More
Monday prayer
I am a bit of a mess. So many plates spinning in the air, so many narratives to hold, so many tasks and so few hours. Lord hold me close when I get too close to the edge of the world. Yank on my jacket and pull me back to the things that matter. Help… Read More
Monday Prayer
My Lenten Rose is trying to bloom. Yesterday I cleared the dead leaves away from her tender pink shoots. She sits in dry dirt next to the cheeky and triumphant, much taller daffodils, the spiky crocus shoots. Her leaves are from last year, somehow she forgot to take them off… One year ago, Holy One,… Read More
Thursday Prayer
Holy, holy, holy Lord – Help us to rise like the fresh green shoots in the garden, pushing our brave way toward the bright sun of your love. Refresh us with these windy March days. Wash us clean with these cold rain showers. Restore us as your earth is restored to health and verdant wholeness.… Read More
RCL – 4th Sunday in Lent
Numbers 21:4-9, Ephesians 2:1-10, John 3:14-21 A long time ago, on a hot summer day, I was painting a small bench in my front yard. As I reached for the garden hose to rinse paint off my hands another similar “hose” moved on the ground. It was a gigantic snake. My husband still laughs at… Read More
Monday Prayer
The wind slams against the side of my little house, rattling the glass, tapping her impatient bony fingers, searching out a way in. She howls in frustration, whistles and sighs round the eaves. She reminds me of you, God. Persistent. Poking at my heart, smoothing back my hair to whisper in my ear. Sending tender… Read More
