Apr 25, 2014 | Easter, hope, joy, poem, resurrection
Tell me a story of butterflies and daffodils of thin places and reassuring angels. Tell me a story of miracles and love of strolling through gardens with lions and lambs. Tell me a story of resurrection dawning of rains refreshing, of tombs bursting with life. Tell me...
Apr 21, 2014 | Easter, liturgy, Monday Muse, worship
The brightly-colored hard-boiled eggs gradually disappear, mixed into cobb salads or egg salads or eaten plain with a dash of salt & pepper. The chocolate bunnies and pastel candies disappear faster. Pastors and priests — who have been going full-steam since...
Apr 20, 2014 | Easter, Jesus, Lent
On this Easter Sunday, praying with Jesus in the last of his seven words … marking a beginning with words from the end: “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” (Luke 23:46) My life in your hands. My life, I daresay, out of hand in the wake of this...
Mar 3, 2014 | Easter, Monday Muse, resurrection, worship
Friends and colleagues, a brief note before you read today’s Monday Muse: During the season of Lent, I write prayers daily as a spiritual discipline and I post them here on my blog. The Monday Muse feature will take a Lenten hiatus while I post daily prayers. If...
Feb 10, 2014 | Easter, Lent, Monday Muse, sermon
Preacher friends, I have one final nudge for your homiletic muse as you look ahead to the Lenten season, one more idea for centering your sermon series this Lent: hymns. (Already I’ve shared ideas for a sermon series centered around a painting series, the...
Jan 13, 2014 | Easter, Monday Muse, sermon
Not to cause anxiety, but the season of Lent begins in seven weeks. 🙂 For those who are worship planners, how are you hoping to shape the church’s experience of Lent? Sermon series are a valuable tool for creating continuity from one worship service to the next,...
