Jun 30, 2022 | discipleship, images of God
King Manasseh did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh. He built altars for all the host of heaven and served them. He made his son pass through fire. He practiced soothsaying and dealt with wizards. He set a carved image of Asherah in the house of Yahweh, provoking...
Apr 25, 2022 | Easter, images of God, psalm
O people, blessed are you who come in the name of the One who was and will be. In death, in life, in renewal the Promise says to the mourner: “Peace be with you even when the wounds seem to suggest peace is not possible.” O people, blessed are you who come...
Apr 10, 2022 | faith, images of God, justice
We have shown ourselves to be fools, O Teacher. Celebrating the Robin Hood come to challenge the prince, we failed to recognize the outcast Sovereign before us. Cheering the jester’s parade in all its mockery of power, we ignored its earnest portrayal of the...
Oct 31, 2021 | courage, images of God, prayer
Do not ask us to turn back, O Mother,or to return to what has been;although there is beauty in the past,we cannot remain therenor do we wish to relivethe milestones of pain and grief thatbrought us from the past to this day. Do not ask us to go back, O Mother,where...
Aug 23, 2021 | faith, images of God, lament
There are days when I do not mind your mystery, O Holy One, and days when I can even declare it to be the good news. But, oh! What I really want is for your cloudiness to clear, for your words to distill themselves distinctly, simply, for your history to guarantee my...
Aug 17, 2021 | images of God, psalm, Spirit
A thousand burnt offerings, O Wisdom, not given in shame or self-righteousness but in a flood of awe: You are beautiful. A thousand burnt offerings, O Wisdom, to bring incense to the table you set for those humble enough to drink there. A thousand burnt offerings, O...
