God of both the big picture and the details- Be with me today as I run errands. Help me find joy in the mundane and to focus on what I’d rather ignore. Assist me in being grateful to have clothes to wash and clean water in which to wash them. Grant me gratitude that I… Read More
Friday Prayer
For all the saints, who from their labors rest, The saints gone too soon before the fullness of their grace was truly known by human minds. The saints who were not lauded, but whose faithfulness bore generations of fruit. The saints whose witness spoke truth to power and brought forth new creations. The saints who… Read More
RevGalBookPals: Be the Bridge
Due to the RevGalBlogPals, Inc. in-person board meeting this week, I have not finished reading Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation by Latasha Morrison. I’m really liking the book and I don’t want to give my review short shrift. So I totally recommend it at this point and I will provide a fuller… Read More
RCL: Humility
So many texts to choose from this week! Even more if you observe Reformation Sunday. Sometimes it’s hard to tell what holds all the texts together. This week I see a very clear thread of humility. In one way or another each of these texts reminds us that God is God and we are not.… Read More
Monday Prayer
Heart of hearts, we welcome your blessing this day. May we seek the rhythm of your love as you move among us, joining in step with your compassion and mercy. May we feel the pulse of your movement, as the tide caresses the shore. May we quiet the fears that rise within us, lifting hope… Read More
RevGalBookPals: When Kids Ask Hard Questions
You know what’s helpful? A book that aggregates resources, thoughtful writing, and spiritual support. Such a book should occupy the shelf of pastors, youth leaders, confirmation mentors, and other spiritual guides who work with children of all ages. If you have a hole in your own shelf for such a resource, I commend to you: When… Read More
Monday Prayer: pilgrim’s heart
This day I give thanks for the pilgrim’s way. For cobblestone streets that connect me to the footsteps of others: those who pray to walk, those for whom each step bears pain, those whose strides are punctuated by cadences of joy. For ancient churches with crumbling stone or plaster walls that hold the prayers of… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: acting on faith
Somehow, it’s already Saturday. Or for some among us, it’s already Saturday night. Sunday’s coming, friends, whether we are ready or not! Whether you are working on what it means to have faith the size of a mustard seed (RCL commentary is here), or the Ten Commandments and the idea of teaching the next generations… Read More
Ordiversary Party: October!
Happy October Ordiversaries!! This is my own ordiversary month, so I hope you all are celebrating in extra Enneagram-7 style. This month’s party is being kicked off by the ever-delightful Pat Raube, who is the pastor of Union Presbyterian in Endicott, NY. She has a pretty awesome story, in addition to being fabulous herself, so… Read More
Narrative Lectionary: The Law and the Shema (Deut 5:1-21 and 6:4-9)
This Sunday’s text is the second telling of the Ten Commandments, the telling of the commandments just before the Israelites enter the land of milk and honey. So this is not the generation that left Egypt, most of them are dead, but the next generation, the ones who will inherit the land. You can find… Read More
