My call story involves an Amy Grant song and Route 128 in Massachusetts. I was already enrolled in a graduate program in Pastoral Ministry. I had been thinking of it as a useful prelude to what I thought I wanted to do: study Jungian psychotherapy. Then, one fall day I found myself driving to the… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: Climate change denial is not an option
Severe flooding has already hit the UK, much of Europe and also parts of the USA this winter. If that wasn’t enough to concentrate people’s minds about climate change, then the loss of life, human and animal, and the loss of homes in Australia’s bush fires should have done. In the UK, the floods in… Read More
Monday Prayer
God of all seasons, snow angels, spring rain, summer suns, all remind us of you all show us your hand Precious One, as this new week beings, and we collect our thoughts, and reflect on the week just gone, hear our prayers Hear our worries Hear our joys Hear our voices… solo and joined loud… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Down to the River to Pray
Fires rage
and the air is thick with smoke.
Your creatures, great and small,
long to breathe
the breath of new life, Lord.
Crowds gather,
missiles fly,
and the rhetoric is angry. Read More
Saturday Prayer
This is a day of learning for me, God,A day of moving outside ofMy comfort zoneAs I follow a starInto a future that may beVery different from today And I pray for all of usThat we are willing to tryA new thingSomething we have not done beforeSo that we can growWhile following a star Give… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: BoL etc
Somehow it’s the middle of the day on Saturday in Scotland…and that means it’s already past Sunday worship Down Under, so we know that we can do it, because Sunday has already successfully come! Now, don’t panic. But it’s Baptism of the Lord Sunday for those following the RCL. And it’s Mark 2 for those… Read More
Friday Prayer: Care of All Things
Creator of all things- I pray for the animals, the bugs, the creeping things, the critters that you made, love, and for which you care. I trust that each tripping hoof, whispering antenna, and minuscule stretch is known to you. I grieve that the missteps of human beings cause pain and suffering to our created… Read More
Thursday Prayer
When I was little, I used to hide under the water. When my mom wanted us to leave the pool and go home, I would hide under the water and hold my breath and pretend I couldn’t hear her. She couldn’t reach me there. Under the water, I was free. Under the water, I could… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Earthquakes Firestorms Missile strikes Plane crashes City-wide gun violence Is this how we are starting 2020, God? Help us to stop. Now! Stop our pillaging of the earth for our comfort Stop our polluting the air with our poison Stop our scapegoating and warmongering Stop our putting profit before people Stop our othering Stop our… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
God of all Creation- As the world wobbled and rumbled this morning in Puerto Rico, We send our prayers and our love to the ones now seeing a shattered world. As electricity and water has ceased, We pray that they can find the resources they need. May their earthquakes end, And may their trauma heal.… Read More
