Oct 28, 2013 | books, Jesus, Monday Muse
Starting on Monday, November 4, I will be posting a new weekly feature here on my blog — Monday Muse — with book reviews, musical inspiration, and creative resources for your worship planning! But I can’t resist an early preview posting of Monday...
Oct 25, 2013 | Jesus, prayer, scripture
Add your own litany to this expansion of the Lord’s Prayer from Luke 11:2-4: Father, hallowed be your name. Almighty One, you are our sanctuary. Love, you alone are holy. . . . . . . . . . . Your kingdom come. Arrive among us and scour our pride. Be a healing...
May 10, 2013 | Jesus, peace, poem
Peace to your broken heart, and peace to mine. Here in the holiness of flesh that is necessarily torn & bleeding, peace. I weep with you, my dear, because it is the only gift I have to offer. I break with you in longing for hope & delight, in recognition of...
May 1, 2013 | Jesus, sermon, vocation
In the immediate aftermath of Jesus’ resurrection, you can imagine that the disciples were wired with energy. First there was that high-strung tension in the locked room where the disciples held their collective breath in fear, not knowing if the authorities...
Mar 27, 2013 | Jesus, lament, Lent, prayer
The worst part of those final days, I think, must have been the knowledge that your work wasn’t finished; there was more — so much more — still to be done, still deeply needed. But life got in the way of life, and death got in the way of life, and...
Mar 26, 2013 | Jesus, Lent, prayer
I am blessed this day by the nappy-headed Christ, by Her bubbling spirit and Her earnestness for life. Through this growing incarnation, O Blessed Christ, you compel my attention to beauty and heartache, to the fullness of now and the yearning of not yet. Break my...
