Mar 31, 2022 | love, news
A dinner was held for Jesus in Bethany, the home of Lazarus. Martha served, and Lazarus sat at the table with Jesus. Mary took a pound of costly perfume—its fragrance filling the whole house—and she anointed Jesus’ feet with it, then wiped his feet with her hair....
Jun 24, 2018 | confession, justice, prayer
We pray to the LORD, by whom life’s cornerstone was laid, for whom the heavens shout, and in whom justice is promised. For the overwhelmed to know hope, for the cowardly to know culpability, for the threatened to know sanctuary, we pray to the LORD. For those...
Jan 7, 2018 | justice, lament, Lent, sermon
With the arrival of Epiphany Sunday — Theophany, Three Kings Day, Orthodox Christmas — the liturgical season of wondering and wandering begins. We follow stars, we listen for wisdom, we watch for prophets, we get lost about as fast as we lose our New...
Aug 20, 2017 | discipleship, psalm
Go away from me! Christ, have mercy. I am broken and beaten down, worn and weary, and too discouraged to brave the sight of you. I am starved by the hatred of the world. Go away — your glory only reminds me of my imperfection, your grace shames my sin. Come...
Mar 1, 2011 | justice, ministry, women
So a friend of mine, a young woman who is entering ministry, has sent me interview questions about women in church leadership — and about my sense of myself as a church leader — for her studies in seminary. The timing of her interview request is uncanny:...
