Dec 25, 2012 | Christmas, peace, sermon
“Peace on earth!” sings the angel choir. “Peace on earth, and glory to God!” But there has not been peace, not on earth, not for a long time. Peace is as distant as the stars while war and fear are familiar landscape. We are so accustomed to...
Dec 21, 2012 | Advent, nature, peace, psalm
Come, o my weary soul: see the barren trees there waiting faithfully for spring; see the clouds licking wistfully at the sky; lay down on your back and feel the earth heaving in rotation; feel your own chest heaving with breath. Let creation hold your weariness and...
Oct 26, 2012 | justice, lament, peace
Let there be no peace so long as there are those who whine over the feast without seeing their neighbors praying over an empty table. Let there be no peace so long as there are those who declare war for sport without noticing the casualties or embracing the...
Aug 29, 2012 | peace, prayer, wholeness
Because your world, O God, is bigger than mine, I will remember to breathe and open my eyes. Because discovery is delicious to the soul, O God, I will remember to breathe and be inquisitive. Because humanity is both brilliant and destructive —and because we both know...
Aug 8, 2012 | nature, peace, psalm
Still.Still.Still.Let my soul be as still as the egretroosting in the red cedar treewhile I wait for God’s guidance to dawn.Still.Still.Still.Let my soul be as still as the bay grasseswhen the wind has stopped its fussing,so that I wait without distraction for...
Jun 18, 2012 | music, peace, psalm, wholeness
Come, o my soul:be struck against the Spiritso that your rigidity flexesand you quiver in resonance– mind, body and spirit –with the perfect pitchof love in concertwith life.
