Most of you know that sewing is a hobby of mine. What you may not know is that it is also a spiritual discipline for me. I felt like sharing what makes sewing an excellent spiritual discipline and what spiritual and practical lessons my practice has taught me over the years. 1. Trust the… Read More
If God Is Sovereign…
What if Christians understood God’s sovereignty not as God’s ability to do what God wills, but as our responsibility to do what God wills? Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: Listen Up!
As I reflect on this week’s readings, I’m enjoying a little vacation before my kid goes back to school. This week’s readings almost make me wish I were going to be in the pulpit this Sunday. Almost. I’ve been sitting with Jeremiah for most of this year and have committed to using it for personal… Read More
The Pastoral Is Political – I’m With Us
As a voter, I’m inclined to be discerning about who I will support in the election. As a woman, I’m way too familiar with the kind of resistance Mrs. Clinton faces from many. Women in ministry know what that’s like. Read More
Revised Common Lectionary – Can You Hear Me Now?
“How long, O Lord?” — it’s a biblical lament many of us have found ourselves asking, even crying, in these past few weeks. Here in America, we are weary with the extra judicial killings of black and Latinx people and cold-blooded executions of police officers. The world weeps for Turkey, France, and every place where… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary – Trinity Sunday
We’ve taken down our streamers and bright red (or orange, or yellow) paraments. We’ve celebrated the gift of the Paraclete and the fire which fuels our proclamation of Christ’s good news. And we now turn our sights to the whole Godhead on Holy Trinity Sunday, some 700 years after this feast day was established by… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: A New Thing
As I’m a preacher who often searches for common threads in the lectionary texts, I noticed almost immediately the common thread in this week’s texts: newness. “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.” – John 13:34 Though we’re in the… Read More
The Pastoral Is Political: Let’s Make Some Noise!
As I type this, I have just spent the weekend attending Ecumenical Advocacy Days in DC, and am demonstrating with a group outside of the Supreme Court of the United States. We are rallying ahead of arguments on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary – In My Place
Palms and Passion, these are your themes for the coming week. Sunday begins a very busy week for the church, with some of you focusing on the events of Palm Sunday, and others are focusing on the Passion narrative in addition to or in place of Jesus’ ride into Jerusalem. Some of you will not have… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary – Whom Shall I Fear?
As I do, I often look for the common threads in each week’s RCL readings, and in this week’s readings I’m seeing a lot of encouragement toward gallantry. If we could condense the readings’ collective encouragement into one instruction, it would probably read: “Be brave!” In the Genesis text, we have Abram being reassured of… Read More
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