Jan 27, 2014 | Lent, Monday Muse, sermon
For preachers and worship planners, I’ve been outlining various sermon series ideas for the upcoming season of Lent. The advantage of a sermon series in any liturgical season is the opportunity it affords to build a story arc or develop a faith lesson across...
Jan 26, 2014 | discipleship, prayer
Bless your people, O God of light and glory. Bless your people across land and sea, from north to south, with your healing and peace. No matter the names and nationalities and races and religions by which we call ourselves, we are yours. Work out a reconciliation...
Jan 24, 2014 | Jesus, psalm, scripture
Christ is the image the appearance of What Cannot Be Seen the revelation of the Eternal Mystery Christ is the channel through whom life is born by whom life is illuminated Christ is the definition the foundation for understanding the commonality revealed in us all...
Jan 24, 2014 | church, ministry
I miss the congregation I pastored. I miss the space and the voices, the community as a whole and the congregants individually. Sometimes I wonder how the church is doing. Sometimes my throat tightens with loss and I have to distract myself before crying. The loss...
Jan 20, 2014 | Lent, Monday Muse, sermon
The liturgical cycle functions both as a reassurance and as a challenge: it deepens our spiritual foundations to recall the stories of faith … and it challenges us to experience & live those stories afresh (preachers and congregants alike). In hopes of...