God, it seems so clear that you must love diversity. You give us a thousand kinds of cacti, fish of all sizes and shapes, bugs of every fantastical design… why would we ever think it should be different with people? Why did we ever think we shouldn’t take pride in who we are? Not the… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Creator God, as our lives open up, as we step out gingerly of the house, as we gather with our beloved people again, or do our work in offices again, the world feels like a new creation, and part of me isn’t ready. Everything feels so loud, and so busy, and so full, and I… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: Do This, Not That (Galatians 1:13-17; 2:11-21)
The church I serve is full of delightful people with a love for the world, and they find great solace in policies. Binders. Manuals. Rules. What makes me itch makes them feel secure. Looking back two thousand years, I can imagine that the churches in Galatia, once Paul left them, wanted the security of a… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Generous God, as life expands, as we set aside the routines of the past year, and learn new ones, we give thanks for all the places of new opening… around us, and within us. May we take in your expansive Spirit, feeling joy in our individual places of opening up and breathing our thanks, maybe… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Is it right, O God, to be grateful for the bare minimum, for justice done once, when it has been abandoned so many other times? Can we give thanks for one day of something like justice, when there have been so many other empty days? We call out to you the name of George Floyd,… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
You are our shepherd, O God, and we call out for your tending, we long for your protection, seeking safety from the dangers that surround us. The wolves of racism, injustice, and economic insecurity, of stress, illness and pain are circling us, and within us. We shall not want…someday, yet today there is still so… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Bright, surprising God, we are still rejoicing in the glory of Easter. the mystery of Jesus walking and talking and eating among us again, showing us his scars like a familiar friend, reminding us not to hold on to him. We never can, of course, and yet we would love to keep him fresh and… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: Dinner Time (Luke 24:13-35)
One of the many things I love about being an aunt is seeing how my brothers reappear in their kids. A certain laugh, or a way of thinking, or the rebellious choices my nephews and niece make all evoke my brothers in earlier stages of life. I find my parents in their physical gestures, too,… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: Lost and Found (Luke 15:1-32)
When my daughter was in middle school, she was torn between her natural thriftiness and a longing for the “it” lunch bag. In a storm of middle school angst, we talked about this dilemma day after day, until one day it solved itself. The longed-for lunch bag appeared in the school lost and found. It… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
This Lent, O God, our thoughts are muddled. We wander from grief to rage to distraction to hope, our thoughts moving as fast as our fingers move from app to app. Dare we hope that a brighter future is coming? Dare we believe that we will be able to live through our layers of grief? … Read More
