HOPE

Still Coming God,we long for a glimmera hintthat you are almost hereand our work isalmost done.We pray”Make it better”through the dark nightsand are metwithsilence.We are troubled to considerthat you are stillteaching usa lesson:to believewhat we...

To be clear

There is much at stake for those who care to give testimony to a Church that genuinely loves all persons and cares for those who are marginalized, a Body of Christ that radically welcomes rather than radically excludes. From The Washington Post: More anti-gay,...

Dog Stories: Sermon Illustrations (sans sermon)

Walking my dog MoMo this morning offered a few moments of quiet before a busy day. The air was chilly and calm. I could hear birds calling and singing from amidst the branches of bare trees. The sky was a clear baby blue, with traces of red & pink lining a few...

How’s The God Business?

Recently an acquaintance who knows that I’m a minister asked a casual question (or was it?) that caught me entirely off guard: “How’s the God business?”I looked at her for a moment, then chuckled and said, “It’s good.” At the...

Death Penalty

A moment of silencefor the killing of a manwho killed a man.. . .. . .. . .To be clear,ten deaths was too many.To be clear,this one death is also too many.. . .. . .. . .A moment of silence, please,to reflect on our collective consent toexecution, and a system of...

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