Dec 9, 2015 | Advent, communion, courage, love
Come close: for rage has dawned instead of the sun and blood has flowed in the riverbeds. Come close: for fear grows faster than a weed and loneliness swarms like locust. Come close: if death is coming (or if God comes first) let it find us together. With love...
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...
Aug 14, 2015 | communion, psalm
This breath. This conversation. This rushed to-do list. These seconds dashing, dragging. This long waiting season. This focus. This distraction. That one too. This exhaustion. This very word. And this — you. This fleeting night with its fitful rest. This hour....
Jul 31, 2015 | communion, justice, peace, scripture
ONE LOVE one body one spirit one hope ONE LOVE one sacred one faith one rhythm ONE LOVE your heartbeat my heartbeat our heartache ONE LOVE one breath one death one life ONE LOVE one song one wail one cause ONE LOVE your injury my confession our brokenness ONE LOVE one...
Apr 4, 2015 | communion, Jesus, Lent
Let us be together in the silence of memories . . . I remember the pleasure of his company around a table with friends bread crust crumbling in our fingers . . . There was the day I was sinking, overwhelmed by the storm, but there he was — as if catching me was...
Oct 1, 2014 | communion, liturgy, Monday Muse
Come to the mountain. Come to the table. Come to life. In a pillar of raging fire, in a gift of holy precepts, God is with you. And also with you. In a brother, in a stranger, in a sister, in an enemy, God is with you. And also with you. Give praise to God, who alone...
