Feb 18, 2015 | Lent, poem
begin at the beginning because it is the only option at the beginning when there was Chaos at the beginning when there was Imagination at the beginning with all the dust swirling … commingling … colliding … clumping … separating … every...
Feb 16, 2015 | love, poem
What I long to say is Walk beside me but what I would really mean is Don’t, for your shadow will likely spook me and I have too many of my own ghosts to welcome another. Much better if you walk one step ahead, so that we share in the illusion of affection but in...
Feb 13, 2015 | courage, faith, hope, justice, prayer
I pray a double portion of spirit and again another for the days are long and the nights drenched with tears too many mothers weeping too many men raging and spirit is needed to keep my ears open, my eyes unblinded, my heart broken A double portion I pray for the...
Feb 11, 2015 | images of God, prayer-writing
God was leaning against a street lamp at 40th & Woodland as I drove home today: bulky blue sweatshirt, forearm set against metal, forehead buried in forearm, as if even the thought of crossing the street was one too many decisions for the day. I saw God there,...
Feb 9, 2015 | Lent, liturgy, Monday Muse, scripture, sermon
Still wondering what you’ll preach when Lent begins next week? Here are eight sermon series ideas for your inspiration and use, all of which aim to shed the traditionally dreary sackcloth of Lent in order to don a vibrant — and occasionally exuberant...
