Mar 20, 2015 | faith, Jesus, Lent, prayer
Scoop, bail! Scoop, bail! Don’t let the storm know that I’m afraid and flooding with anxiety. Don’t let on, don’t even tell Jesus — let him sleep, I can do this. Scoop, bail! Endless. It’s too much, too much. Jesus, save me! but...
Jan 30, 2015 | Jesus, prayer
What have you to do with us, Jesus: with our constant wars and our unending words? with our busy work and our tumultuous relationships? with our hubris, our discontent, our mess? What have you to do with my email messages or my daily cup of coffee or my electricity...
Dec 20, 2014 | Advent, Christmas, Jesus, prayer
Stay in the manger, Baby Jesus, safe in your swaddling clothes. Safe in the manger where we can adore you without fear. Snug in your manger, Jesus, so we may immortalize you in a sanitized barn. Secure in a rustic manger where the cow is your biggest competition, far...
Sep 12, 2014 | faith, Jesus, scripture
Jesus said, “Not seven times but seventy times seven times. Forgive debt and do no harm seventy times seven times. Love your enemy and pray for those who rally against you seventy times seven times. Leave your boats, leave your dead, seventy times seven times....
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...
Apr 18, 2014 | death, Jesus, Lent, prayer, scripture
Continuing to pray with the seven last words of Christ. On this Good Friday, the fifth word: “I am thirsty.” (John 19:28) At the last: a most human need. For all of the times you had poured out wine and provided a miraculous feast, now at the end you...
