In this Year of Covid nothing is as normal. nothing. at. all. nothing. Some of you may already have all you services pre-recorded; others will be “going live” on the day. And some, like me, may be somewhere in between. I have a live service tomorrow where we will attempt to do a “DIY Isolation… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party – Thanksgiving and Advent edition
Over here in Scotland, it is Thursday morning – it isn’t Thanksgiving where I am – but I do know lots of my sisters and colleagues will be celebrating today – not how they would have originally planned. but still, finding ways to give thanks in this weird and crazy year. For me, today’s recording… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party –
or… the unending cycle of preach, prepare, preach, prepare… This is the end of October – Sunday is November 1st – are you honouring the Saints? Following the Lectionary? Doing you own thing? Here- where I live, we will continue our journey through Holy Week that has been the RCL gospel for the past weeks;… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: whose authority do you say?
I have had a reminder pinging my phone, which in turn pings my watch all day! It woke me at 6am, 12 hours ahead of schedule. I did not need the reminder at 6 am. And even though I thought I’d cleared it, it keeps pinging away, on the hour, every hour. Sigh. On whose… Read More
Monday Prayer
God of wonder, as I wander through this world, I wonder. How can we see all you have made and still abuse and use each other? How can we feel love and awe and inspiration, yet look at others and see not? How can we, your beloved children look on the world with fresh eyes?… Read More
Monday Prayer
O God, artist of our landscape, all around I see beauty. All around. The beauty is ignored by so many. Weeds! All weeds! But. If we just stop… even for a moment. We would see new beauty, new depths. Just because it is not like us; just because we did not choose it; just because… Read More
Monday Prayer
Is this really what it has come to? Is my raging in the street my disbelief at bad behaviour my shock at the lack of integrity my anger at the gross misbehaviour just a blind rattling? Is this what it has come to? The grieving parents the lonely spouse the orphaned children the crushed loved… Read More
Monday Prayer
Ahhh… how is it Monday again? Sweet Holy, what is happening to my time line? Where are all my anchor points gone? It feels like a million years since I was able to go freely, since I was able to offer contact, real connection, It feels like an eternity… And yet, you who created the… Read More
Monday Prayer
Precious Holy, two dogs cuddle up at my feet. I try my hardest to allow their joy, innocence, exuberance fill me too. But, it seems, the realities of other things creep in to overwhelm them… Reality is: doors shut. Reality is facemask in public. Reality is distrust, fear, irritation, frustration… not with the restrictions, but… Read More
Monday Prayer
Friends, today’s Monday Prayer is brought to you by mood swings! In the past few days my mood has swung back and forth. From excitement and energy to total lethargy and deep melancholy it feels like I have gone through a dictionary of emotions… Thus, my prayer today comes from this evening’s mood (it is… Read More
