Jun 30, 2012 | nature, poem
I watch the tiger lilieshide their faces to sleep,and so goes my heart:curled up in protective silenceagainst the approaching night.
Jun 26, 2012 | blessing, courage, sermon, stories, vocation, women
To place the story of Rebekah within the narrative arc of Genesis, let’s go back a generation: You remember that Abraham and Sarah (originally Abram and Sarai) left their homeland because God called Abraham to settle in a new place. Abraham and God had a...
Jun 23, 2012 | nature, prayer-writing, psalm, scripture
“God is the ruler of all the earth! Sing praises with a psalm!” God is supreme in governing all that lives on the earth … and the earth itself. The dirt, the minerals, the deep oil wells, the lava, all that is beneath our feet, down to the...
Jun 18, 2012 | music, peace, psalm, wholeness
Come, o my soul:be struck against the Spiritso that your rigidity flexesand you quiver in resonance– mind, body and spirit –with the perfect pitchof love in concertwith life.
Jun 6, 2012 | church, news
“As statistics continue to reveal the Church’s numerical decline, the impulse of congregations and denominations is to resist, to fear, to fight against membership losses. For the sake of survival, we plead: ‘Don’t leave.’ I prefer to...