Dec 30, 2013 | Epiphany, liturgy, Monday Muse
Have I mentioned that I’m not a fan of the New Year’s holiday? Really I can take it or leave it. For one thing, it’s a whole lot of hype & fireworks & store sales just to hang up a new calendar. For another, I might be a little resistant to...
Dec 27, 2013 | blessing, poem, thanksgiving
You smile at me in such a way that makes us both cry (a little) for love of these ordinary moments of watching life go by together: how the kids grow and how the world repeats itself (for better and for worse) and how love deepens miraculously tho the scars. All these...
Dec 23, 2013 | books, Christmas, Monday Muse
For the Christmas-weary and the inspiration-drained, for the spiritually overwhelmed and the spiritually skeptical, the simple story of Dance in the Desert is a gift of exquisite imagination and wonder for the post-Christmas season. Madeleine L’Engle’s...
Dec 20, 2013 | Advent, Christmas, faith, scripture
We should be afraid, of course, to be so near to God. We should be startled by the glory of God and the disruption of angels. We should be freaked. out. that God even blinks in our direction, let alone that God dares us to walk a new path just to see what God can do...
Dec 16, 2013 | Christmas, church, Easter, Monday Muse
Today’s “Monday Muse” may be less a muse that inspires worship creativity and more a muse that encourages thoughtfulness and conversation; this reflection is cross-posted on The Huffington Post. For the first time in more than a decade, I am not...