Dec 25, 2010 | Christmas, images of God, sermon
And the Word became flesh and lived among us.All things came into being through the Word.And the Word was Being.And the Word became fleshand livedand toddledand laughedand criedand made friendsand learnedand traveledand ateand drankand sleptand gazed at the starsand...
Dec 12, 2010 | Advent, joy, sermon
It’s announcement time in Advent, with a drum roll please:”Here is your God!”We have only two weeks left until Christmas, only two weeks remaining on this Advent journey of seeking the Christ Child. And it’s time for the seeking to produce...
Nov 28, 2010 | Advent, scripture, sermon
Can we start our reflection on Isaiah 65:17-25 and Luke 21:5-19 in not quite the usual way? Can we divert past the academics of it, the history of the text, even what it says about God to the people of biblical times or to the people of our time? Can we start, first,...
Oct 25, 2010 | justice, scripture, sermon
I believe very firmly in the kingdom of God — the realm of God — that day, that space, that seasonin which all people are fed,in which the lame suddenly walkand the blind miraculously see,in which the deserts and places of drought yield a harvestthat...
Aug 9, 2010 | faith, images of God, love, poem, sermon
I invite you to let your mind and spirit rest, and listen for the voice of God reaching out to you through the voice of the Lover, the Shulammite, in Song of Songs. If you were sitting in the pews at Grace Church on Sunday, I would’ve invited you to close your...
Jul 25, 2010 | sermon, women
The subheading in my Bible says, “The Woman Caught in Adultery,” but it seems more appropriate to title her story “The Woman Accused of Adultery,” because she is only ever accused. The case of adultery is never proven against her, and her...
