Here we are at our last Sunday before the Liturgical Year begins again. Will you do Christ the King or Reign of Christ? This is one of the years that US Thanksgiving comes between this week and Advent 1. Will you be thinking about gratitude? I spoke Monday to a women’s group about Gratitude in… Read More
The Pastoral Is Political: Love Your Body
Love your body. That’s all I really want to tell you this week. Love your body. And I don’t mean by that, add twenty-eleven more things to our to-do lists that are already heavy enough with trying to live through, survive through, pastor through, organize through, teach through, parent through, love through multiple pandemics of… Read More
Wednesday Prayer
Each day brings with it life and death Each day new opportunities to be had joining with memories of past joy experienced and pain felt Each day hoped for but never guaranteed Each day wholly Yours Each day holy ours Thank You, God, for this day May we be fully present to it And freely… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Divine Mirror- Oh, how I see the world the way I want to see it! Yet I see the world through the lens of a pandemic-exhausted, physically tired person! The lens I look through has a tint of blue, and the distortion is growing by the day. I’m tired, God. I’m tired of seeing the… Read More
Worship Words
Are you sorting it out between the sheep and the goats or are you listening to a prophet this week? Either way, our writers have some words to offer to you. Our community is both talented and generous in sharing gifts of liturgy. You are free to use/adapt or use for inspiration. If you use… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: Leading for Justice
This week, I write from Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Our country’s COVID infection rates are off the charts, and our state has one of the highest rates in the country. One of my jobs at the moment is hospital chaplain, and I have the honor and the stress of seeing the pandemic reality close-up on a… Read More
Monday Prayer – Open
“There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place of the dwelling of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; therefore shall she not be removed; God shall help her at the break of day.”* Thank you, Lord, for this psalm today. Thank you for the… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: No Turning Back Now (Jeremiah 36:1-8, 21-23, 27-28; then 31:31-34)
The condemnation contained in Jeremiah 36 is indeed heavy. And yet there is hope. Read More
Sunday Prayer: embolden us
Benefactor and Wisdom,
in trying times,
you challenge us to be
the people you call us to be.
You endow us
with creativity
and courage, … Read More
Saturday Prayer, November 14, 2020
(This photograph shows what my friend Nancy Donovan has created for a feral cat who has been coming to her porch for food and a safe place to sleep for a couple years. This cat cannot bear being indoors with the other cats or near a human. Nancy writes, “Every year I make her a… Read More
