Aug 7, 2015 | courage, love, scripture
I am. Terribly so. Fear steals my breath and entangles my soul. There is no release, no grace, only nightmares of suffocating because love is lost because the world is dying yet still she tries to be her own salvation still I try to be my own resurrection and life....
Aug 5, 2015 | justice, lament, liturgy, racism, worship
The following readings and liturgies offer a #BlackLivesMatter reflection on the Revised Common Lectionary texts for this coming Sunday, the 11th Sunday after Pentecost (Year B). CALL TO WORSHIP (Psalm 34:1-8, adapted) One: I will bless the LORD at all times;...
Aug 2, 2015 | lament, prayer
O God our God, what can we possibly say? We are alternately hopeless and joyous, weary and renewed. Our spirits sag under the endless onslaught of chaos, of discord, of violence, of dehumanization. Our spirits are depleted too by their own betraying habits of...