Dec 3, 2023 | Advent, discipleship, faith, hope
Walk on the water, O Sister; leave behind the weight of fears that anchor you to a battered and sinking boat. Walk on the water, O Sibling; step onto the miraculous expanse by which life is nurtured, eroded, and renewed. Walk on the water, O Brother; dare to trust the...
Dec 8, 2022 | Advent, courage
When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouths filled with laughter and our tongue with shouts of joy. – Psalm 126:1-2a (NRSV) Is it better to dream or to be practical? To envision a new world, a just world, an honorable...
Dec 20, 2021 | Advent, faith, healing, hope
When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. – Psalm 126:1 (NRSV) Am I the only person who reads Scripture and begins to hum a Broadway tune? “We were like those who dream,” pens the psalmist, and I start singing: “I dreamed a...
Dec 1, 2021 | Advent, confession, grace, psalm
Let it be a dream this pain, this disappointment a fleeting memory in the growing light of dawn Let it be a weed that is turned over, turned under to make room for all that is good and growing Let it be set afire so that after the burning cools wisdom remains and...
Nov 27, 2021 | Advent, hope, lament
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah while he was still confined in the court of the guard: In this place that is waste, there shall once more be heard the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness. The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the...
