My flavor is lost and my spirit is faint within me, but o my God, surely this salt of humanity can still be scattered on the ground to melt the ice we fear. My light is dim and my flesh is so very weary, but o my God, surely this lowly lamp can still hold… Read More
Saturday Prayer: Today’s Teachers
My dog, sound asleep by my feet, snoring gently, knowing that food will be there when she wakes. And a walk. And maybe treats. One cat enjoying the view from the window. “The birds are not my concern today. I have dreams to dream.” The other cat nestled in the pillows and blankets. “Don’t make… Read More
Friday Festival: (Re)Gaining Perspective
This week has been an especially difficult one for me. I have watched the world – and people – around me swing wildly from madness to cruelty and back again. I have struggled and failed to keep from getting caught up in the craziness. As I began reading blogs this week, I realized that I… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party — you have the power
I honestly cannot believe it’s almost Sunday already. It feels like it was just Sunday a few minutes ago….which is what happens when one loses time to jet lag. But whatever time zone you happen to be in, Sunday is coming! And this week, it’s all about Jesus extending his reach by commissioning disciples, giving… Read More
Friday Prayer: Full Lives
God, My head is full Of thoughts and questions, of arguments and indecisions. My heart is full Of love and anger, longing and confusion. My schedule is full Of appointments and to-do lists, errands and meetings. My life is full, As it should be. But sometimes I fear it is not full of the right… Read More
February ordiversary party!
Happy February, friends! Where I live, we are all in some serious winter doldrums just now. The weather has been so abysmal that we couldn’t even tell, let alone enjoy, that the sun is setting an hour later than it was a month ago. So…let’s party! There’s nothing like a good ordiversary celebration to lift… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Waitangi Day
Today in Aotearoa New Zealand we remember the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, one of the foundation documents of our nation – sadly breached many times over in the process of colonisation. The treaty acknowledges the sovereignty of tangata whenua, the people of the land, (collectively called Māori). The opening phrase (Let us… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Healer of all, around the globe, so many of our siblings are sick, lying in hospitals, or coughing at home, waiting for symptoms to develop or to ease working through an ache in body or spirit, living with pain that won’t quit its harassment. Come, we ask, with your healing might, easing the aching of… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: Taste and See
Be Salty, find the light that shines Jesus urges his followers. After the most famous sermon ever spoken, Jesus does not hold back. He elaborates on the commandments as an illustration of the Blessings he has just preached on the Mount. Jesus tells us not to lose our flavor, not to hold back. Jesus urges… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: Super Bowl Half Time Show (Mark 6:1-29)
I don’t watch SportsBall. So I missed the Super Bowl 2020 halftime show, even though I have loved Shakira since the 1990s. After reading some reviews, I decided to watch it myself. And as a “woman of a certain age,” I was impressed with the 43-year-old Shakira and the 50-year-old JLo. If I’m to be… Read More
