This week’s NL passage is the story of Isaac. It can be found here, and the Working Preacher commentary can be found here. Perhaps you’ve read the story of Luke Howard, who has been playing the piano non-stop at College Green in Bristol for 24 hours in a bid to win back his ‘lost love.’… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: The Circle Starts to Spread Edition (Acts 8:26-39, Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch)
As we continue our Easter journey through Acts we embark on a theme that will carry us through the next few weeks . Who gets to be part of the church? What are the criteria for inclusion? A foreign eunuch? Those who do not follow the Law? This week we have a story that is… Read More
RCL: Everyone Loves a Parade
Everyone loves a parade and Sunday’s Revised Common Lectionary readings offer you two. The first parade has Jesus entering into Jerusalem amid joyous celebration and the other a more macabre march to the cross. You can find the Palms here and the Passion here. Our congregation holds several special services during Holy Week so we will… Read More
Ash Wednesday Prayer
It is in the blessing, or the confessing, or in the slipping away of time that I do not have to give that You always seem to show up to remind me that all I have is this breath and the moment in-between that there is no breath. I know this does not make any… Read More
Saturday Prayer: Afraid
Do not be afraid, I am with you. The song goes, but I do believe it was you, dear Jesus, before that, and your creator in heaven before that… But I am afraid. I am afraid of loosing all of this I hold dear. I am afraid that when times get hard and death stings… Read More
Saturday Prayer: Just Say No
Dear sweet baby Jesus, I am a child of the 1980’s and with that came Nancy Reagan and the first lady’s campaign of “Just Say NO” this was about the “war on drugs” of course, which caused more hard than good, but for millions of elementary school students we learned to deflect peer pressure and… Read More
Saturday Prayer: God of Tomorrow
We’re asked to stay here, focus here, remain here in this moment, blessed Christ. But it’s too much. I need to dream of a better world, I need to think of how this will come to pass. I need to remove myself from this moment. Because here sucks. The world is falling apart and there… Read More
Pastoral is Political: Massacring the Good People of Bowling Green
Okay, I totally wasn’t going to write about this. Really, I mean besides being kind of funny on some memes – is it really worth talking about? I mean should I give my time to she who speaks lies? Unfortunately, yes, and in this instance she’s hit home for me. As this RevGal was born… Read More
Saturday Prayer: Death and Dying
2016, Rest In Peace. Not all of you want evil, but you sure were a force of nature. We pray for ends. We pray for death of fear and destruction. We pray for mercy. For as we bury this year we pray for comfort in the grief and celebration in life eternal. We pray that… Read More
Saturday Prayer: Waiting for Love
Love came down to rescue me, love came down to set me free. Love, it’s a simple word isn’t? Just four letters, such a small word for such a big purpose. You are the incarnation of Love, sweet baby Jesus. You are God incarnate. God, who is the embodiment of love, and all things that… Read More
