Apr 16, 2020 | comfort, confession, faith
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; I have a goodly heritage. – Psalm 16:5-6 (NRSV) My preferred cup is venti-sized, with a green mermaid on the side. I know what people say about...
Feb 6, 2020 | confession, images of God, justice, nature, news
Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the LORD, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with the people, and God will contend with Israel. “O my people, what have I done to you? In what have I wearied you? Answer me!” – Micah 6:2-3...
Feb 2, 2020 | confession, discipleship, psalm
My heart turns and returns to your nest, Most Holy Love, Most Divine Imagination: Turning and returning on the wings of both wanderlust and satisfaction, Turning and returning on the road of my heart’s impatience and joy. My soul turns and returns to your altar,...
Aug 11, 2019 | confession, discipleship, faith, prayer
They died in faith without having received God’s promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. (Hebrews 11:13) What do we ask of you, O God, but faithfulness in presence and mercy from devouring powers? What do you ask of us, O God, but integrity in...
Apr 28, 2019 | confession, prayer
You who are our strength, you who are our salvation: We have known your presence and we have doubted it. We have known pain and we have known delight. We have known peace and we have known fear. Through it all, we confess: your steadfast love endures forever. You who...
Feb 3, 2019 | confession, prayer, Spirit
There are so many things to say, O Spirit — delight and thanksgiving and frustration and rage and heartbreak and hope — yet no words are adequate to express it all. Listen with us in the fullness of silence, we pray. For all that we know, for all that is...
