Jun 21, 2020 | justice, news, prayer, racism
Incline yourself like a dread warrior toward those you love, O Holy One. Count the hairs on the heads of Robert Fuller, Malcolm Harsch, Dominique Alexander, and comfort those terrorized by racism’s awful fruit. Hear the cries of the children. Hear the cries of...
Jun 17, 2020 | church, justice, racism
The white Church is long overdue to acknowledge and repent of its theological fostering of, financial contribution to & gain from, continued complicity and silence in the face of racism. Long overdue. The work of acknowledgment is, I suggest, the preliminary work...
Jun 14, 2020 | blessing, courage, justice, prayer, racism
Stay awhile, O Stranger, for the night has been long and cruel and our souls are not yet wrung dry from weeping. Stay awhile, O Stranger, for the fires are raging on cultic altars built to sacrifice precious fruit to ravenous gods. Stay awhile, O Stranger, for the day...
Jun 9, 2020 | justice, news, racism
The voice of the LORD destroys the cedar trees; the LORD shatters cedars on Mount Lebanon. God makes Mount Lebanon skip like a calf and Mount Hermon jump like a wild ox. The voice of the LORD makes deer give birth before their time. – Psalm 29:5-6 & 9a (CEV)...
Jun 7, 2020 | communion, justice, news, prayer, racism
O Sovereign Joy, When we observe the creative work of your fingers, we are awed and blessed. How sweet is the morning dew! How comforting is the moon! How faithful are the tides! We pray against the destructive work of human hands that harm your creation: the plastics...
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...
