Dec 16, 2012 | Advent, nature, news, psalm, theodicy
Will the dawn bring good news? Will the birds with their morning song bring an encouraging report to my ears? Will the frost be found to have serenely blanketed yesterday’s pain so that, in fact, it is erased and undone? Alas, no. See there: the wounds of our...
Dec 15, 2012 | Advent, lament, news
And now let us be in silence, holding candles against the darkness and lamenting together that the fullness of God’s redemption has not yet come……….
Dec 14, 2012 | Advent, music, poem
O how shall I receive you? How welcome your new day? Bright sun of ev’ry morning! Through wilderness, our way! Emmanuel, I offer my soul’s delight and song, what strength I have, what failing faith, to serve you all life...
Dec 13, 2012 | Advent, Jesus, lament, prayer
No. No, Jesus. I’m sorry, but your coming is simply not enough. We already have leaders and saviors and people in our lives who come … and then go, leaving us impacted — perhaps a little stronger or maybe a little more wounded — but still...
Dec 12, 2012 | Advent, healing, nature, prayer
Come quickly, O Creator, to heal your broken trees. The cedars of Palestine are torn apart by rocket shrapnel. The cottonwoods of Mississippi are still grieving the mob lynchings, their memories held deep in their roots. The broad fig trees of Damascus are recoiling...
