As the week winds up, our bloggers are returning us to the essentials. They offer a counterbalance to whatever sorrow, aggravation, worry or rage the week has brought to us. The image above is Bonnie Jacobs meditation on the laundry — just in case your week has been like that, too. Jan Edmiston reminds us… Read More
Thursday Prayer
You said to love one another. But I worry sometimes that we forget that you said to love one another, as I have loved you. So, well, okay… Love one another by serving and sharing and all that nice, polite church stuff we’re good at, sure, yes, absolutely. And also, Love one another by calling… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
Holy One who abides in my words- In my awkwardness and lovely lack of self-esteem, I second-guess the words which exit my mouth. Anxiety sets my mind on fire, igniting doubts, and the flames of overthinking spread rapidly. Reset my racing mind. Allow me to release the conversation. Relax my heart, and help me find… Read More
Thursday Prayer
I used to think, if they really knew me, (if you really knew me) they’d know I’m a fraud. A mess. A fool. A mean, ugly disaster. But in these years of getting to know you better, and of letting you know me, I’ve found such relief in knowing you know me and love me,… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
As we enter dimly-lit tunnels today, Holy Sojourner, may we sense you just ahead of us. You see the joy, the pain, the terror, the ecstasy before we experience it. Allow us to know that you travel just a few steps in front to be our guide through the dynamic turns in the road. You… Read More
Thursday Prayer
Last night I snuck a giggle. The day was long and my body was weary. My heart overwhelmed and my spirit enraged. Too much news, too much death, too much greed. Emotions on high and solutions seeming distant. And from nowhere, from somewhere, (from you?) it was there… A little giggle. A tiny funny. It… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: The Living and the Dead (Matthew 28:1-10)
Matthew’s gospel begins and ends with angels, bringing the same message: “Do not be afraid…oh, and also, you have a job to do.” The first angel in Matthew instructs Joseph to make Mary his wife, before Jesus is born. The Easter morning angel tells the women at the tomb not to be afraid, and also… Read More
Revised Common Lectionary: Palms
There it is: Holy Week. At long last, after the fullness of the Lenten season — the extra workload in your faith community, the extra discipline in your spiritual life, the extra chocolate to counter the stress of the extra workload — now at last Holy Week is in sight. Now at last, the emotional… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Ostriches
On this Lenten way, O God of every life-giving way we pray for a new thing to spring forth: for the path through stormy waters and for those pummeled by the storm until a dry path becomes clear; for the avenues toward peace and for those surrounded by warring chariots until the rage of war… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party – Oil with your Prodigals?
Hi there preachers, would-be-preachers, gonna-preach-eventually-preachers, I-know-I-have-words-somewhere-preachers… this is your one stop shop for collective groaning, sharing of goodies (virtual), ideas, words of encouragement and general Oh-my-Goodness-where-did-the-week-go calls for help. It’s the middle of Lent; here in Scotland this means two things this week – it’s Mothering Sunday and time for us to catch up with… Read More
