Mar 13, 2020 | images of God, justice
Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness.” So God created humankind … in the image of God. (Genesis 1:26-27, NRSV) I grew up on the formal liturgies and hymns of the Evangelical and Reformed tradition, with phrases like Thee and...
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...
Nov 12, 2019 | images of God, writing
Although I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink; instead I hope to come to you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete. – 2 John 1:12 (NRSV) I love the written word. Love the written word. Some of my favorite...
Sep 6, 2019 | images of God, poem
thrown, pressed, molded, pinched round again for the seekers of both beauty and metaphor never done ever imperfect always tossed to new purpose
Jun 23, 2019 | images of God, lament, prayer
We long for your voice like a deer longs for water, but no, Lord — do not put your voice in our ears and our hearts, for it might split us open and rend us from the comforts and assumptions with which we have clothed faith. We long for your presence like a ship...
Jun 16, 2019 | images of God, prayer
When you pray, say: Our Creator, our Justification, our Advocate in heaven — hallowed be thy Name, thy Body, thy Presence. Your Realm come, your Imagination fulfill, your Peace arrive in all ways & all places. Be our Bread, our Breath, and our Beckoning....
