Blessed One, ’tis the season to be frantic with plans, and programs, and prayers, and intentions. Steer us toward the pathway followed by your Holy Family, where weary feet chose careful steps along rutted roads and rocky hillsides. Help us take rest where the path is smooth, and to find patience where the way is… Read More
December Ordiversary Party!
Happy ordiversary, December friends! This month we have long time RevGal Amy Peden Haynie kicking off the party. Many of us remember Amy’s ordination, and some RevGals even travelled from around the country to attend and celebrate with her, after years of reading her blog that included “elastigirl” in the title. 😊 Let’s celebrate with… Read More
Friday Festival
As Advent approaches, so do our focuses on certain themes for this liturgical season – specifically waiting for the birth of Christ to bring us a new light into our lives. Yet we rarely see waiting as a gift. As she participated in jury duty, Michelle at Quantum Theology states this: “There was a lot… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: What kind of king?
On this final Sunday of the Christian year, before we begin again in Advent, will you be preaching the Reign of Christ with the RCL texts? Will you be asking: What kind of king? Will you be highlighting the king who washes the feet of his friends, the king who would more likely be found… Read More
Friday Prayer: What Will Be
I think a lot about sanctification. That particular theological undertaking is not often pondered in Lutheran circles, since we are heaven-bent on emphasizing justification. Yet, I cannot believe that God brings us into right relationship with the Divine and with creation, only to let us remain the same for the entirety of our lifespan. I am… Read More
Friday Prayer: Psalm 27 Revisited
Psalm 27, Revised Julia Edition God is my opening to life and my deliverance from evil— who thinks they can scare me? The Lord is a solid fence around me— who will try and come through God’s defenses? When those who oppose God’s will come at me thinking they can do something, it is all over for… Read More
Friday Prayer
In the middle of so many things, I have decision fatigue. Is this staying or going? Should I choose this or that? Which way will this situation go and how should I respond? I’m too tired to choose words for praying. Too tired to make this cogent and sensible. Too exhausted to do anything, but… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: Requirements
This week’s lectionary is often a favorite of ours. “Ours” being progressive people of faith. Micah 5:2-5a, 6:6-8, mostly Micah 6:8 is one we turn to for guidance and comfort. He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to… Read More
Friday Prayer
Lord- The Davids of the world needs Nathans and Abigails. More critically, the Davids need to listen to the truth-speaking, reconciliation-seeking, call a fool, a fool, daring, courageous, risk-taking, assault-naming, God-listening and hearing, peace-making, grief-stricken, reality-understanding, not in it for profit prophets that do exist. Soften necks, O God, and open up hardened hearts. Make… Read More
Monday Prayer
Let the dead bury the dead, you tell us. Today, I tell you, “No.” We will pause from the work and the journey to mourn. We will pause from pointing the way to reach out as far as we can, to wrap the farthest reaches of our love around broken hearts and hurting souls. We… Read More
