Sitting in front of fans and air conditioning units, our bloggers are digging deep within for wisdom. While many of us want to flop on the couch with beach books, or are now finding ourselves in mid-winter, depending on where we live, our bloggers are mining the depths for unexpected gems of wisdom. The body… Read More
Thursday Prayer
Dearest Friend and Great I AM, Today I pray for your boldest ones. Your beloved ones, your strong ones, The ones you have created and called, Plucked out and set up front, Gifted with story and strategy, Fierce proclamation and radical witness. Those wild faithful who make the first moves, Say the first hard things,… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Tenacious God, You’ve said “be strong and courageous.” And here we are with quivering hearts, apprehensive about what needs to happen. Do we really need to use our shaking voices? Will they listen to us or throw us aside? Will my one voice matter? I know what my task is. I know how you are… Read More
Thursday Prayer
God, I did it. I made them other. I allowed them to be other to me. So that I could stay distant. So that I could stay away. So that I could get to work on time. So that I could sleep at night. I had to. But You called me child. And you called… Read More
Wits’ Ends Day: An Honest Sabbatical Grant Application
I’m in the midst of writing a grant application for some sabbatical and other continuing education funding. It’s so hard to write what I think I should say–and so much more fun to write this version of what I want to say. (Also, if you are a reviewer for the actual grant application process I am applying to, please… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Sweet Alpha, Kind Omega- For the ones budding in the early stages of life, we give thanks. And then for the ones nearing the ends of things- for their last breaths their warm tears their last looks around this earth- with aching hearts, we thank you too. Prayers are building in our hearts. Emotions are… Read More
Preacher Party: Pigs and Prejudices
Is it time to start pulling our hair out yet, preachers? Are you preaching from the Revised Common Lectionary this coming Sunday? If so, are you riveted again by Luke’s story of Jesus and the man possessed by so many spirits that they name themselves “Legion”? I can’t hear the story without thinking about… Read More
Friday Festival
Need a boost as this week ends? Our bloggers are offering help of all kinds, from the practical to the reflective. There are ways to get support for a knee or give love after an immense loss, ideas for an ending or a beginning, wisdom for a health challenge or an offer of a way… Read More
Pentecost Preacher Party
Pentecost is this weekend. It’s one of my congregation’s favorite church days, and they like to decorate boldly. We make Pentecost a “season” because we never want to take down the decorations. Will you celebrate the church’s ‘birthday’? Some congregations have birthday parties, where people bring gifts of paper towels, copy paper, coffee, or other… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Spirit if God who hovered over the earth at the dawn of creation- Our environment is standing up to us. Python-like teeth of tornadoes are ripping into buildings. Waters keep rising as floods steal lands, massacre plant life, and leave our neighbors without homes. And yet, we keep living as if we make no impact.… Read More
