Mar 16, 2020 | faith, lament, Lent, stories
I hear a voice I had not known: “I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket. In distress you called, and I rescued you. – Psalm 81:5b-7a (NRSV) I’ve never felt close to God in a personal buddy-buddy kind of way. It’s never been...
May 6, 2015 | Bible, poem, scripture, stories
Do not look in her eyes where dreams have died. Instead by her hips be gladly distracted; watch her hands — busy tending life. Where dreams have died, instead she has planted dogged resolve. Watch her hands — busy tending life in love’s...
May 5, 2015 | Bible, scripture, stories
The kingdom of heaven is like a man whose hip is thrown out of joint so that he has to stop running. It’s hard to say when exactly Jacob began running. It seemed in his own mind that he had always been ducking & dodging, always evading anyone who got too...
Feb 23, 2015 | Lent, love, prayer, stories
Tell me, Eternal Lover, do you love me for who I am or for who you are? I daresay you love me because you can’t help yourself, not because I am terribly special or adorable. I don’t think I mind if you love for the sake of love (in that equation I still...
Apr 28, 2014 | Monday Muse, stories, worship
Some stories are so familiar that they are hard to hear afresh. Some stories are so familiar that we need to hear them afresh. (My friend and colleague Casey FitzGerald at Faith and Wonder offers encouragement for telling scripture in such a way that our ears &...
Feb 24, 2013 | Lent, psalm, stories
Haha! My God, my God, you have done it again! You have lit the way for those feeling lost, and unlocked a fountain for those deprived of water. You have gathered orphans together, called them family, and set out a rich feast. You have bent close to hear the silenced...
