Jul 28, 2020 | confession, faith, lament, theodicy
Then God said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship at a distance. Moses alone shall come near the LORD; but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.” –...
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...
Mar 16, 2020 | faith, lament, Lent, stories
I hear a voice I had not known: “I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket. In distress you called, and I rescued you. – Psalm 81:5b-7a (NRSV) I’ve never felt close to God in a personal buddy-buddy kind of way. It’s never been...
Feb 9, 2020 | faith, lament, prayer
My flavor is lost and my spirit is faint within me, but o my God, surely this salt of humanity can still be scattered on the ground to melt the ice we fear. My light is dim and my flesh is so very weary, but o my God, surely this lowly lamp can still hold one shadow...
Oct 26, 2019 | faith, nature
You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with richness. The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy. – Psalm 65:11-12 (NRSV) The house where I grew up is purported to have been a speakeasy during...
Oct 6, 2019 | faith, prayer
God of our ancestors, the song we inherited has been starved in this famine of injustice; our tongues have dried from crying in this desert of hopelessness. Increase our faith! God of all creation, the grass will wither and we along with it, no matter our fretting;...
