In the morning, as the sun slowly rises when the earth reveals its softer tones of green, blue, pink I sit quietly with the windows open and listen. Crickets chirping, water fowl stirring, fish poking just above the surface of the water for a tasty bug Splash, splash, splash. A hummingbird flits by, I wonder… Read More
Ask the Matriarch: What Do I Do with this Gut-Punching Truth?
This week’s question comes directly from a pastor’s big heart. Our Matriarchs support her to work through her feelings of pain and confusion, a result of seeking to care for someone who trusts her as he faces the consequences of his what he did. Dear Matriarchs: I have a parishioner from a church I served.… Read More
The Pastoral is Political–But Not Partisan
the principles that undergird decision-making, the values that we hold that make us vote the ways that we do, should be shaped by God. Read More
Worship Words for Sunday, 26 July 2020
Worship Words is here for you to use — feel free to use as is, to adapt, or to use for inspiration for your own. If you use these in printed materials, please credit the author. If you use them in online worship, there’s no need for verbal attribution but if you post the video… Read More
Saturday Prayer – July 18th, 2020
Lord, we are in what we call The dog days of summer When the heat is too much For us to be able to do Much of anything And all we want to do Is to laze around Under a fan Sipping cool drinks During these days I think of the time of creation When… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: Unexpected Points of Connection
On this Sunday in which the northern hemisphere is in deep summer, images of new life and growth show up in our lectionary offerings. In our journey through Genesis, Jacob is on a road trip, fleeing the furious twin from whom he finagled a birthright and stole a blessing. With a stone for a pillow,… Read More
Saturday Prayer
We are starting to reopen slowly in Québec after months of isolation and lockdown. I am now able to visit people in long-term care residences, but under very strict protocols. In the time BP (before pandemic), we held a weekly worship service in one of the residences on Wednesdays, but that hasn’t happened since March.… Read More
Tuesday Prayer: Unite us in prayer…
Written: “to unite us in common prayer and revive us for common mission” during this crisis. In the spirit of Pentecost, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and his Lutheran counterpart, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, invite congregations to pray this from Pentecost through the first Sunday in September. In addition to expressing a shared desire for renewal… Read More
Tuesday Prayer: Uncomfortable
This conversation, God, is uncomfortable. I’m not complaining, I am only noticing and acknowledging. It’s uncomfortable because there is shame and guilt. There is also, sadly, denial. There is the need to talk knowing mistakes will be made as I learn to see through the lens of whiteness into a kaleidoscope of truth. Being vulnerable… Read More
Tuesday Prayer: Posture
I have only a few words in this feeble prayer. I am listening. I am learning. I am examining myself. I am trying to recognize how the system of racism lives in and through me. It’s like a tangled up ball of yarn. I untangle one layer only to encounter another. Until it’s all untangled,… Read More
