With You

Let me be with you, O Love, in this moment of uncertainty; be with you and wait with you until we see what will be. Let me be with you, O Grief, through the loss and change; be with you and cling to you until the tears run dry. Let me be with you, O Wanderer, through...

in an Advent mood

someday there will be hope and so this day i will spin its fairy tale without snark or cynicism with only imagination and trust in what God can do someday there will be peace and so this day i will welcome a stranger i will let my heart break to read the news i...

Singing in the Whirlwind

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Do you know the way to the dwelling of light, to the home of darkness? Can you leap through the heavens to loose Orion or command the Pleiades? Can you soar...

Autumn

I want to say something profound about change in life, in seasons something that keeps us chasing God as the maples peak and the sun sets a bit of poetry on lights and tunnels, tears and oceans on the mystery of God revealed while life heaps it on; but really to chase...

The Confession of Self-Care

As Carol Howard Merritt and I have been examining clergy self-care in a series of blogs (Carol’s latest post considers clergy vulnerability), I find myself digging into the life stories that have shaped my outlook on self-care. Here’s praying that this...

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