Sep 20, 2013 | grace, justice, scripture, vocation
I will appoint Peace as your overseer and Righteousness as your taskmaster. (Isaiah 60:17) Today, my “to do” list is not my own. It is governed by Peace, and she will review my list before approving or amending it. Peace has a perspective on life beyond my...
Jul 26, 2013 | lament, prayer, vocation
Hear the silence in my heart, Most Holy, the reverberating sound of “I don’t know.” Do not call me from this cave or tease my heart with angels, for I am determined to rest. The familiar has become foreign to my soul and home is a bitter dream...
May 1, 2013 | Jesus, sermon, vocation
In the immediate aftermath of Jesus’ resurrection, you can imagine that the disciples were wired with energy. First there was that high-strung tension in the locked room where the disciples held their collective breath in fear, not knowing if the authorities...
Apr 7, 2013 | Easter, ministry, sermon, vocation
So Easter Sunday comes and goes. We delight for a reason to wear our best spring outfits and share a good meal. We sing our Easter hymns triumphantly. We celebrate the good news of an empty tomb, the satisfying victory of life over death. Then we enter the season of...
Mar 21, 2013 | Lent, prayer, vocation
I am about to do a new thing; do you not perceive it? I put my hands on my hips in a position of prayer: “Really? Where is it? I don’t see it!” I am about to do a new thing; do you not perceive it? I put my hands over my eyes in a position of prayer:...
Feb 28, 2013 | Lent, prayer, vocation
Here. I am here. And however God moves me beyond the “here,” so long as I am here let my life be used here by the strength of the Spirit, by the will of God, to the glory of Christ. Lord, find me...
