Spirit of Sabbath- I start a new season with deep breath of peace. In my exhale, I’m releasing the complicated air of tension. Each inhale inflates my lungs with hope, and every exhale releases the pressures of this day. Gratitude fills my lungs with joy. Worry leaves my inner being as air rushes from my… Read More
Sunday Prayer: Sunset
Now I lay me down to sleep.I pray the sun’s rays not to weepor linger o’er our earthly achesbut whisper “peace” as stars awake. Now to rest in awe of night,to wonder as celestial heightssing lullabies of mysterythat put our turbulence at ease. And now to trust within our fleshthe kinship lived in every breathwith… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: Are we the Pharisees? (Luke 6:1-16)
This week, in the Narrative Lectionary, we encounter the conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees for the first time. This conflict has been brewing for a while (see chapter 5), but it escalates here with the discussion over what can, and cannot, be done on the Sabbath day. As a preacher it may be tempting… Read More
Thursday Prayer: rest
God rested on the seventh day from all the work God had done (Genesis 2:2) It is a busy time of year, God, and there might not be time for resting. Jesus said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” (Mark 6: 31) It just isn’t very… Read More
Monday Prayer
O Precious One, Monday morning comes again… Is this my Sabbath? Is this your day with me? When work presses in, disturbing Holy rest… help me create spaces for you When life presses in, overwhelming with busyness and tasks, and family, and lists, and emails, and people, and needs of others,and needs of me…… Read More
Saturday Prayer – Be Still
Be still and know that I am God – Psalm 46:10 Holy one, in our coming and going in our errands and parties in our preparation and procrastination. Help us to hear your voice and to even for a moment be still. Amen. Jennifer Garrison Brownell serves as pastor at Vancouver United Church of… Read More
Saturday Prayer
Saturday Sabado Sabbath It should be But Dear God, When else would those committee meetings happen? The shopping get done? The chores untouched during the week? Those final worship tasks and sermon tweaks? Saturday Sabado Sabbath Is it okay God, if for some of us it is not “a day”? But, perhaps Sabbath is found… Read More
RCL: Jesus Sighed
There is a lot to related to in Mark 7:24-37. Its not often that I feel like Jesus, but I can related to the Son of Man wishing to take a break from the hustle and bustle (I say that as I stretch between the gap between camps and school beginning, thus finding myself working… Read More
Friday Prayer: A Preacher’s Sabbath
Lord, we thank you for Friday, a preacher's Sabbath,if she will make it that,will let the sermon lie. Yet picking up cat food,and running to the post office,the bank, the grocery store,May render rest evanescent. You call us to work. Help us hear your call to stopworking. Guide our steps to the park,or the pool,the… Read More
Narrative Lectionary Leaning–following the rules
Luke 6:1-16 As the Narrative Lectionary moves through Luke, we get the story of Jesus and his disciples getting in trouble for not marking the Sabbath as the Pharisees would have them do. From picking grains of wheat to healing a man with a withered hand–they get it wrong. We live in a world where… Read More
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