Dec 5, 2016 | Advent, prayer
Sing Glory! Glory for grace and glory for laughter. Cry Glory! Glory for mercy and glory for comfort. Live Glory! Glory to love and glory to God. on Baruch 5:1-2
Dec 4, 2016 | Advent, peace, prayer
What we have not imagined, O Christ, you have called into being: the radical repair of relationships, the unusual alliance of predator & prey, the unexpected repentance of the aggressor. What we have not embodied, O Christ, you have required of our being:...
Dec 3, 2016 | Advent, lament, prayer
Not too long since last we spoke Not too long since last we sat together And still I feel a chasm between us as though Our spirits never connected, as though A word never passed between us As though we are estranged. How long, O God, Until our repartee Is not so scant...
Dec 2, 2016 | Advent, prayer
You have stolen my expectations my presumptions my plans & futures. O Christ, what you have stolen from me! And O Christ, what you have given to replace what I’d believed I’d lost. on Matthew 24:43
Dec 1, 2016 | Advent, prayer
What can we say, God, except: Have your way with us. … Wait. No. However could we handle it? … I’m not sure. … No. Yes: Have your way with us. Because what else can we say? … Have your way, Great God, because you will. on Matthew...
Nov 30, 2016 | Advent, prayer
Restore us, O God, to what has never been (what has Always Been): a loving communion, a delighting Body. Return us, O God, to that new place (that Eternal Place): the peaceable kindom, the holy mountain. Revive us, O God, to life not yet known (Life Made Plain):...
