Mar 16, 2020 | faith, lament, Lent, stories
I hear a voice I had not known: “I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket. In distress you called, and I rescued you. – Psalm 81:5b-7a (NRSV) I’ve never felt close to God in a personal buddy-buddy kind of way. It’s never been...
Mar 11, 2020 | discipleship, Lent
Remember the wonderful works God has done: the miracles, the judgments uttered, the word commanded, the covenant kept. – Psalm 105:5, 8 Two weeks into Lent, how are you doing? How are those Lenten practices that you planned to observe faithfully? The chocolate...
Mar 1, 2020 | justice, Lent
The LORD God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat.” – Genesis 2:16-17 (NRSV) When the new year dawned two months ago, my social media feed was filled with people...
Feb 28, 2020 | Lent, scripture
The Most High will command the angels to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone. – Psalm 91:11-12 What do you do when the devil quotes Scripture to you? That’s what happened to Jesus...
Feb 26, 2020 | Lent, prayer
my heart is a burning wildfire of pain and conflict a loud blare of frustration and alarm a raging army of trumpets marching against their own breath, protesting the vain efforts of their own harmony building, calling, mocking, pounding, replaying the horror of...
