Apr 10, 2020 | Lent, prayer, theodicy
You promised, God. You promised. Yet we look backward, we look forward, we look side to side, and surrounding us are the floodwaters of violence and the rains of despair. You promised to remember, but we are drowning. You promised to remember, but we are dying —...
Apr 5, 2020 | Easter, Lent, psalm
Open to God a heart of praise and a gate of generosity. O give thanks to the One who is good, whose steadfast love endures forever. Come to God’s side with a coat and a colt and a shout. O give thanks to the One who is good, whose steadfast love endures forever....
Feb 26, 2020 | Lent, prayer
my heart is a burning wildfire of pain and conflict a loud blare of frustration and alarm a raging army of trumpets marching against their own breath, protesting the vain efforts of their own harmony building, calling, mocking, pounding, replaying the horror of...
Feb 23, 2020 | discipleship, psalm
We climb the mountain to wait. Surrounded by a cloud, we wait. While the nations conspire, we wait. When brightness overwhelms us, we wait. Through the long night, we wait. Until the Spirit speaks, we wait. As we wait, we are already: your witnesses, your inheritance,...
Feb 16, 2020 | death, prayer, scripture
Holy and Gracious God: Today we choose life — the bloom of hope, the breath of humility, the proximity of tenderness. Holy and Mysterious God: Today we choose death — the sunset of greed, the erosion of pride, the burial of violence. Holy and Creative God:...
