Oct 20, 2014 | liturgy, Monday Muse, prayer, scripture
Deuteronomy 34:1-12 (from the Revised Common Lectionary for 10.26.2014): Ah God, I am not wise like Moses; I have neither his courage for the wilderness nor his faith for miracles. Still I dare to pray for the gift of a vision like the one given to Moses on Mount Nebo...
Oct 6, 2014 | Monday Muse, scripture
From the Revised Common Lectionary readings for this coming Sunday, October 12: The LORD said to Moses, “I have seen this people, how stiff-necked they are. Now let me alone, so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, and of you I will...
Oct 1, 2014 | communion, liturgy, Monday Muse
Come to the mountain. Come to the table. Come to life. In a pillar of raging fire, in a gift of holy precepts, God is with you. And also with you. In a brother, in a stranger, in a sister, in an enemy, God is with you. And also with you. Give praise to God, who alone...
Sep 22, 2014 | church, Monday Muse
The LORD said to Moses, “I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it so that people may drink.” Moses did so, and he called the place Massah and Meribah, because the people tested the LORD,...
Sep 15, 2014 | communion, justice, lament, liturgy, Monday Muse, racism
World Communion Sunday (October 5th this year) is an annual ecumenical celebration in some mainline American denominations, originating from a time in history when the spirit of ecumenism in American Christianity was high and global concern was heightened by the World...
Sep 8, 2014 | justice, Monday Muse, news, scripture
A parable on Matthew 18:21-35. Let all who have ears listen well: The kingdom of God may be compared to the United Nations, which called the United States to account for its systemic and unrelenting racism. In response the United States — from its politicians to...
