Book Week: The CEB Women’s Bible

I’ve never owned a “Women’s Bible.” It’s a residual objection to the gender-targeting Bibles that I saw on bookstore & church shelves when I was a teen: pink floral ridiculousness for girls, blue camo covers for boys. As if I would...

Sunday Prayer

You are Sovereign, You are God: we confess it and give thanks. The rains water the earth; The seasons turn faithfully; The trees sing your praises and the oceans your mystery. You are Sovereign, You are God: we confess it and give thanks. The Spirit stirs and...

Whichever Way

a sidewalk a dirt road a fast freeway a long train track so long as there’s a way so long as You go with me

Metaphors

Uproot what is evil, plant what is new within us, Imaginative Creator, Patient Farmer. Grow your love in our hearts, work your laws of grace through our lives, O Glorious Vine, Essential Root of Life. Set your words on our tongues, whisper your hope in our ears,...

Unguarded

I have been unguarded — O God, I confess it! Day by tedious day, night by long night I strain and struggle as though your peace is illusory, as though it is the stuff of dreams and platitudes and fairytales at bedtime. But goblins and trolls are cordial compared...

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