Jun 10, 2015 | images of God, news, racism, theodicy
White God, Right God, How are you holding up? So many people are giving you a hard time these days, saying that you don’t embody enough diversity that you’re too removed from the streets. They don’t know how hard you work to keep your name palatable...
Apr 24, 2015 | confession, news, psalm, Spirit, theodicy
If the Spirit did not sigh for us, over us, I wonder who would. Who would hear our stories in their rawest honesty and sigh in agreement, “Never again”? Who would sit with us in the silence of shadows and trace the dust of memories? Who would hold out the...
Apr 6, 2015 | Easter, liturgy, Monday Muse, news
The Sunday after Easter — officially the Second Sunday of the Easter season — is known as many things in different contexts: Holy Humor Sunday, Bright Sunday, guest-preacher-in-the-pulpit-while-pastor-is-on-vacation Sunday. In the Revised Common Lectionary...
Mar 28, 2015 | Lent, news, prayer, theodicy
You have not failed, O God. Let me continue to grasp this reassurance while the world rages in endless war, while the bodies of young men are left in the street, while their sisters disappear from sight without a sigh of public lament, while the defenses of hatred...
Mar 7, 2015 | justice, Lent, news, psalm, racism
Cry Wisdom! Roar History! Shout Testimony! Call out Foolishness! Name Division! Unveil Ignorance and Fear! Decry Apathy! Shame Violence! Do not keep silent Death! Give heed Life! Rage Time! How long? How long? #Selma50 on Proverbs...
Mar 6, 2015 | death, hope, justice, Lent, news, poem
I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. (Psalm 27:13) I no longer want to forestall hope to locate it in God’s future so clearly beyond my reach, beyond this life It’s time for hope now, in the land of the living that...
