Mar 31, 2014 | lament, Lent, prayer
I sit in your presence, but you do not greet me. Friends to the right and the left, but I am alone. How shall I respond to this chasmic isolation? Shall I sit and wait in the pain of your silence; shall I get up and make my way without you? For want of connection, I...
Dec 9, 2013 | Christmas, lament, Monday Muse, theodicy
The second Sunday of Advent has passed. The second candle in the Advent wreath has been lit in the name of peace. The tree has been cut from a hillside of firs or pulled out of storage and assembled in the living room. The Christmas shopping list has been checked and...
Nov 20, 2013 | church, comfort, images of God, lament
[the Body is God’s love incarnate] I miss your Body. Not any general Body but your very particular Body. I miss the way your Body smells — your Sunday morning coffee fragrance, the fresh flowers you set out for every season, the incense of bread and wine...
Nov 1, 2013 | comfort, lament, psalm
I miss you, more than I admit. It’s been so long, my Friend. Have you forgotten me over time? Long ago, your eyes lit up when we came together; now it’s clear that your gaze is asleep. I remember how it once was, and in remembering I hope that it may be...
Oct 11, 2013 | justice, lament, prayer
Have we decided, in this Americanized faith of ours, that God is too holy to feed the poor through WIC, too ethereal to be incarnate within Head Start? Are we so certain that God cannot work new miracles through healthcare, medical research and flu shots? Is God too...
Oct 1, 2013 | lament, news, peace
It is easier to prepare for the advent of hell than to do the work of welcoming heaven. If the government shutdown (re)teaches us nothing else, it certainly demonstrates that we — humans in general, Americans in particular — find it easier, in fact more...
