Dec 11, 2014 | church, news, racism, sermon
Dear White Preachers, I have been watching and listening to your reflections on the task of preaching to predominantly white congregations in the wake of the non-indictments in New York City and Ferguson, in the wake of the powerful movement in the U.S. and around the...
Dec 11, 2014 | Advent, Christmas, images of God, prayer
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, be thou my source and courage! O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, yield joy and peace to nourish Thy people’s hope when days are long, Their voice to meet despair with song. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, may faith stay...
Dec 10, 2014 | Advent, images of God, prayer
Shall I try to shine like a candle when I am but the wax? Shall I mark hours in the sky as if I am the sun when I am but a shadow? Shall I strive to warm like a fireplace when I am but a heap of ashes? O Coming Christ, be the flame be the daylight be the hearth I...
Dec 9, 2014 | Advent, images of God, prayer
God, be a garden where despair and outrage are planted deep within your consciousness warmed by your grace and indignation until a new root grabs hold and a new bloom bursts forth: peace. God, be a garden where tears and fatigue pour like streams into the soil and...
Dec 8, 2014 | Advent, prayer
You, O God. You. You, you alone. I am devastated. Let it be you alone, the God of life and death, of might and mystery, who comes to help. There is nothing to hold onto against the storm and rising tide, nothing but you alone, Holiest God, you the rock, the...
