Dec 10, 2012 | Advent, lament, prayer, theodicy
Here my cry, O God of my sister Hagar, for the longing that aches without a balm, for the love that dreams without fulfillment. You have called me to the outskirts and abandoned me here without warning; you have shown me a vision of possibility but closed every door...
Apr 21, 2012 | prayer, theodicy
What else can I possibly do, if God chooses to hide his face from me, except wait? Be here … and wait. Wait for God’s mind to change. Wait for God’s face to turn. Wait, not in despair but with hopeful certainty that God will make his way around to me...
May 15, 2011 | faith, theodicy
I’m having trouble getting at God which is maybe because I’m having trouble getting at me The self-perceived complexities of my life are so much more finite than the Simplicity that is God (which lends itself to some odd & awkward gymnastics of faith)...
Apr 12, 2011 | Lent, theodicy
Maybe there is nothing to sing about, on this day when a rape story is shared aloud (one story that symbolizes hundreds, thousands). Despite all of our noise, maybe we have nothing to say that can really improve life or identify truth.Maybe our tears have run...
Mar 30, 2011 | justice, lament, Lent, prayer, scripture, theodicy
“By the power at work within us, God is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine.” (Ephesians 3:20)O my God, whatever happened to the power at work within us to accomplish abundantly for all people? What power have we lost or...
Mar 23, 2011 | Lent, peace, prayer, theodicy
Today I wonder whether you can, in fact, make it all better, God. Because if you can … but you don’t (some divine moral issue with intervention??) … then perhaps we should really just say that you can’t. Because you won’t.Or is it the...
