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...
Sep 15, 2014 | communion, justice, lament, liturgy, Monday Muse, racism
World Communion Sunday (October 5th this year) is an annual ecumenical celebration in some mainline American denominations, originating from a time in history when the spirit of ecumenism in American Christianity was high and global concern was heightened by the World...
Mar 7, 2014 | communion, Lent, poem
still looking for redemption in the dust still sorting through these ashes for meaning like spreading out puzzle pieces on a table or kneeling down to draw on the ground, tracing lines in the dirt that extend back to the dust promised to Abraham, who sat down and...
Dec 6, 2013 | Advent, communion, poem
Here is my light. Limited though it is, I hold it up against the night. Perhaps you will see it and you will breathe in relief to experience a needed warmth and a lessening of shadows along your way. Perhaps this little glow of mine will encourage you to show your own...
Apr 12, 2013 | blessing, communion, images of God, nature
one raindrop . perfect . widening meeting the other rippling together beauty blessing in the overlap in the . ...
Mar 28, 2013 | communion, images of God, Lent, prayer
For this meal as it is broken, and for the words here spoken; For kindnesses received and our renewals conceived; O Lord, we give praise and with open eyes, we gaze on your body in this bread, incarnate with every head, within the roots & through the vine, amidst...
