Sep 28, 2018 | Bible, justice, news
“When King Ahasuerus was merry with wine, he commanded Queen Vashti to appear before him, in order to show the peoples and the officials her beauty—for she was fair to behold. But Queen Vashti refused.” – Esther 1:10-12 During the 180 days of King Ahasuerus’ big bash,...
Jul 21, 2018 | comfort, faith, news, scripture
“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be...
Aug 13, 2017 | justice, love, music, news, racism
O Love Supreme, our foundation and our irritation, our comfort and our chastisement: The earth quakes with the marching of racism (in every generation, new boots carry the same hatred) but we who know Love Supreme will not be shaken. The air blisters and scorches with...
Apr 5, 2017 | lament, Lent, news, peace
From 30,000 feet in the air, you do not look like an image of God. You barely look like the landscape, and the landscape is just a background to the video game of drone warfare. From 30,000 feet in the air, your tears are only a poster image to convict my prayers....
Oct 9, 2016 | lament, news, prayer
We light a candle for you, O God, and pray for your eternal soul as you sit helplessly in mourning to see the deaths of your people. May there be mercy at the final judgment when they question your unresponsiveness to the cries of those battered by storms. We light a...
Jul 10, 2016 | justice, news
Ah, LORD God. From the east and the west, from the north and the south, from the streets to the fields to the cities to the mountains we gather: to praise you to wonder over you to rail against you to plead with you to find you to love you to be loved by you. What...
