Hello, all! I’m filling in on today’s Friday Five, which has reminded me that a lot of people are practicing, practicing, practicing — and then writing about their Lenten practices. In The Edge is Here, Elaine is writing about words, words, words for Lent. Her exploration of the word “possess” asks us: What do… Read More
Friday Festival ~ Transitional Edition
It’s summer; it’s fall. People around here are back in school; people around here are back out of school. (Heat days! Who knew?) Change! Transition! What’s a pastor to say? Marci Glass offers us a baptismal reaffirmation service for transgender individuals not baptized with the names with which they identify, with great sensitivity toward the… Read More
Friday Festival ~ It’s Still Summer!
In some ways, it’s been too fast (vacations speed by) and in some ways too slow (the heat does not speed at all), but it ~ Summer ~ is not over yet. And we are walking and remembering and unwinding and caretaking and assessing. I’ve done what Michelle Francl of Quantum Theology notes is wise,… Read More
Friday Festival ~ Immigration and Families Edition
We’re winding up a week of Vacation Bible School here at church, and it’s impossible to watch the healthy, energetic, and secure children dropped off by parents and grandparents each morning and not think of the thousands of children compromised in every way by the policies at our borders. It’s apparent from our blogs that… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party . . . Graduation Edition!
I don’t know about you all, but we are celebrating high school and college graduations on Sunday ~ which will shorten the sermon somewhat. And guess what I’ve purchased for our graduates? Copies of MaryAnn McKibben Dana’s God, Improv, and the Art of Living! Deciding to give a RevGals book was easy ~ which one… Read More
Friday Festival ~ Journey Edition!
It seems that nearly everyone I know is going on Camino this summer. It’s actually only three people, but the way that my FB has exploded with pictures and reflections, you’d think that I am the only person in the world not in Spain! Then there are the folks in Italy, and Scotland, and… Read More
Friday Festival ~ Springtime!
Here in Northeast Ohio, Spring sprang on Thursday, with flowering trees suddenly in bloom all over the place. It’s beautiful around here, and probably no one wants to stay inside and read. But in case you’re somewhere rainy or cold, we’ve got some blog posts for you. Here’s an interesting one from Jan Edmiston in… Read More
Friday Festival Miscellany
I’ve been away! Where it was sunny and warm. And I have returned with the exact same remains of the flu with which I departed. Returned to a Friday funeral for a beloved matriarch and to two critical meetings, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. So, please accept these readings as an example of… Read More
Friday Festival ~ The Day After International Women’s Day
Lots of women – lots of posts! In For the Someday Book, Rev JMK posted a review last Friday of Elizabeth O’Connor’s 1968 Inward Journey, Outward Journey. Although I discovered it 25 years after its initial publication, the book became of critical importance to my spiritual life, especially to life as I tried to navigate… Read More
A Wintry Friday Festival
Winter has undone me. I had a plan, a theme, for today’s Festival . . . but I found other posts to read, and my theme vanished into the snow. I trust that you will enjoy these marvelous posts anyway! Linda Anderson-Little addresses a perennial dilemma for women: the tension that lodges… Read More
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