Advent Liturgies (RCL Gospel)

Nov 17, 2015 | Advent, liturgy, sermon

Advent! The beauty of a mysterious season that anticipates God’s interruption into the human story. Or…if you’re a local church pastor who used every last creative fiber of your being to bring newness to the fall stewardship season: Advent! The...

Sunday Prayer

Nov 15, 2015 | communion, lament, news, prayer

In prayer we draw close to you, O God, like an infant clinging to its mother’s breast, like a child holding tight to a teacher’s hand. In prayer we dare to make a spectacle of ourselves, pouring out our fears and doubts and heartaches, laying bare our...

Thanksgiving

Nov 13, 2015 | images of God, prayer, writing

All praise and thanks to you most holy God of gods and LORD of lords, Sovereign of all the bits & pieces that distract and delight me, Holder and Seer of every puzzle that feels scattered and unsolved with pieces missing or bent, Eternal Fire illuminating moon and...

Sunday Prayer

Nov 8, 2015 | writing

We turn to you, O God, our companion and our confidence, turn to you and return to you like a rich feast for you alone restore our lives, you alone nourish our days. All hope and all goodness come by you though we strive in vain for self-sufficiency and self-glory in...

To reread as needed…

Nov 6, 2015 | hope, psalm

Let the storms rumble! Let the rocks quake and roll! What can move me like my God? Let the nights stretch on! Let the traffic come to a standstill! Who knows my time so intimately as God? Let joy be fleeting! Let romance bloom and fade! No whim of fancy delights my...

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