Disclosure: I have attended two BEs (Big Events) with Suzanne Stabile and received two free copies of this book, plus the study guide, for review. After four years of study, prayer, pouting, protesting, and assimilation of information, I can tell you that the Enneagram has been the greatest spiritual tool to helping me connect with… Read More
Monday Prayer
“April is the cruelest month,” the poet T. S. Eliot writes, and we are living that reality in a world caught between the tensions and apparent contradictions that comprise this life. The shifting sands of need among the beloved of God require nimble feet for those who seek and serve. Balance, you say? We do… Read More
Monday Prayer: chugging
These days keep chugging, Lord. They muster their way up through the night and break through the dawn whether we’re ready or not. I squeeze my eyes shut to hold fast to what lingers in the pockets of my dreams. Soon, though, the needs of the day press in and beckon me forth. Needs are… Read More
11th Hour Preacher Party: Sunday comes yet again…
Here we are, and it seems like just a few days after the last time we needed a sermon. The second Sunday of Easter is one of the trickier days in the calendar. The lectionaries bring us Thomas in the gospels (RCL post here, and NL post here)—Thomas, who gets a bad rap, in my… Read More
Easter Monday Prayer
Our day of resurrection joy beckons us… To rest from our labors, and that which makes us weary, To enjoy the gift and grace of transformation, To seize opportunities around us to celebrate beginnings, To unbind the fears that grip us, To rattle the world with radical love, To radiate light to places inclined toward… Read More
Friday Prayer: The Harrowing
Holy and generous Christ- In your harrowing of hell, remember your children who are between hosanna and hallelujah. Recall the family and friends of Stephon Clark. Have mercy on his children. Grasp firmly the wrists of those who have received a diagnosis of death for this life. Tighten your hold on those whose work… Read More
Friday Prayer: Across the World
God of great mystery- Across this planet, there are two white rhinos who are the last of their species, Coral slowing draining of color, Embryos that are not yet known to their hosts, Final breaths taken in peace, Pounding hearts hidden in chests that try to remain unseen, Slips of paper communication left in agreed… Read More
Friday Prayer: Haiku of John 12
What is clutched is lost The loosely held, ever lasts. The grain sprouts for life. The Reverend Julia Seymour serves Lutheran Church of Hope in Anchorage, AK. She blogs at lutheranjulia.blogspot.com and readsallthethings.com. She contributed to There’s A Woman in the Pulpit. RevGalBlogPals encourages you to share our blog posts via… Read More
RevGalBookPals: Transforming
In this space, we have generally committed to not reviewing books before they were actually out and on shelves. But you and I both know that your head is all Holy Week and Easter- all the time. Or maybe too many funerals. Or perhaps community support in election season or with the March for Our… Read More
Friday Prayer: Benedictus
based on Luke 2:29-32 Source of all rest and peace, dismiss me now into my evening’s quiet, You have promised no less and so much more. We are witnesses to your salvation, Which You did for all people and continue to make inviting and effective. The Living Word is open for all to perceive and… Read More
