“Let there be rest for the weary, O God Most High,rest and peace to the brokenhearted,peace and pleasure for the despondent,and let freedom come like an angel to the earth.” So sing the stars and constellations,the leviathan from its depths and the dragon from its heights,the fire and hail and wind and snow; So sing… Read More
Saturday Prayer: God Who is With Us
God Who is With Us, My mind and body are tired and my heart is full. The “glorias” are still echoing, and I remember the flicker of candles from years past with those near and dear to me. You are unchanging, Holy One. You stand true as the Light of the world, the Hope of… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Christ is born
Even if the liturgy is glitchy,or there is a tech fault,Christ is born, Christ is born among us. Even if the fudge crumbles when you cut it,or the pastry is not your best,Christ is born in our midst. Even if the news is full of doom,and people are behaving terribly,Christ, the Prince of Peace, is… Read More
Worship Words for Christmas 1
You may have already recorded for Sunday, to try to get a break for you or your tech people (if you’re lucky enough to have tech people!), in which case feel free to pass this post by! Or you may have in-person worship you lead yourself, so you have plenty of time to decide what… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Love
What we have confined, O Love,you have exploded. What we have defined, O Love,you have confounded. What we have constrained, O Love,you have released. What we have diminished, O Love,you have overflowed. What we have cast in stone, O Love,you have made to dance. What we have discarded, O Love,you have set as foundational. So… Read More
CHRISTMAS!!! The Preacher Party to keep you going through this week.
In this Year of Covid nothing is as normal. nothing. at. all. nothing. Some of you may already have all you services pre-recorded; others will be “going live” on the day. And some, like me, may be somewhere in between. I have a live service tomorrow where we will attempt to do a “DIY Isolation… Read More
Thursday Prayer: following the star
We are setting out, O God, following the star (at least we hope we are). We are hoping to find you, Jesus, hoping to have our worlds changed, hoping to have our selves changed. (We need all the change you’re bringing). It is easy to lose sight of the star, for it to be obscured… Read More
Saturday Prayer: Perfect Light
Bright and shining star Who guides us, And shows us the Perfect Light. We watch with thankfulness and hope, As you drive back the darkness Of doubt and fear. Renew our faith, Increase our vision, Restore our courage to stand against evil And injustice. Embody your Love in us today. Amen. Rev. Deborah Vaughn is… Read More
Friday Festival: The Other Side of Christmas
Like every other pastor, I struggle with the Christmas Eve sermon. Having spent the year with church members standing by a graveside, or sitting in a claustrophobic hospital consult room, or handing out tissues when there are no words, I wonder what to say when I look into their eyes on Christmas Eve. The good… Read More
Angels Around Us: a Christmas greeting
Believing in angels feels feverish, dizzy, unwise. But Mary Oliver, in her poem, “The World I Live In,” raises the right challenge: if we don’t believe, if we don’t open ourselves to the possibility the way saints and poets do, how will we ever see the angels around us? A couple of Decembers ago my… Read More
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