Grandma, great and mighty God… you take care of me and everything I need. You make me rest in the cool, green grass because grass is good for my eyes, and good for my soul. You take me where the water is still and quiet, where the waters soak up the chaos of… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Shepherded
We are tired, O Shepherd. Let us lie down, guard us as we lie down, so that the burden does not overcome the joy. Read More
RCL: Green Pasture, Quiet waters, and Abundant Love
When I was a psychiatric chaplain one of my favorite groups to lead with patients was on assessing the shape we are in. I would put multiple colors of Model Magic on the table and ask people to choose a color based on their current feelings. Then I would ask them to create a shape… Read More
Sunday Prayer: shepherding fearful flocks
O Great Shepherd,
because of you, we lack nothing.
Even in these challenging times,
you provide for us
in unexpected ways, Read More
RCL: Sickness is Not a Sin
This reflection is being posted on the feast of St Patrick, the man who is credited with driving all the snakes out of Ireland. I can’t help but think that we would all call upon St Patrick today to drive a different vermin out of our communities. What saint will be credited with driving out… Read More
Sunday Prayer: I Shall Not Want
By your name and your power, O Christ, our lives are renewed for the living of these days, for the loving of all peoples, for the leaping gladness of praise. By your name and your power, O Christ, our hearts are saved for the laboring of mercy, for the welcoming of peace, for the shattering… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Pursued by Goodness
Goodness and mercy all my days, shall surely follow me… Dear God, I am trying to write my sermon for Good Shepherd Sunday and I keep singing Brother James’ Air and in particular those lines about goodness and mercy. The verb is apparently a really active one. Not so much follow as pursue. So I… Read More
Tuesday Prayer
“My cup runneth over” may be my grandest dream for today, But in reality “My cup is half-full” would suffice. In this somewhat-subdued time of year- Whether slower gray days in the North Or balmy calming days in the South- We are called to renew our energy. And yet, these supposed-slow moments are slid aside… Read More
Friday Prayer: Still is Not Stagnant
Holy Shepherd- You lead me by quiet waters. I want the waters to be still. I’d like a full stop. A hard pass on decisions, choices, and concrete actions, just for one day. Can’t the waters be quiet and still? Yet, still water becomes stagnant. It is on when there is a steady flow, however… Read More
Friday Prayer: All the Days of My Life
When a church member “threatens” to leave when she doesn’t get her way… Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. When I choke back tears at the funeral of a beloved elder… Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. When the sounds of children wrestling… Read More
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