Aug 31, 2020 | discipleship, healing, mental health
Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and see why the bush is not burned up.” – Exodus 3:3 (NRSV) If summer is your favorite season of the year, you might want to cover your ears while I say this: Hints of autumn are beginning to...
Nov 29, 2017 | books, prayer, review
In one of her books (I love them all and don’t remember which one), Madeleine L’Engle reflected on the challenges of convincing publishers that A Wrinkle in Time was a children’s novel. It was too complex, too scientific, too fantastical, too...
Mar 26, 2017 | Lent, love, nature
Happy are those who meditate on love. love multiplying in raindrops love growing in spring love singing in harmony love wrestling through mystery love waiting in silence love racing over distance love draping with radiance Happy are those who meditate on love. (Psalm...
Mar 22, 2017 | justice, Lent, prayer
To the depths of Sheol, hear earth’s cry for wars to cease and bloodshed to be atoned. Let your holy sign bloom lavishly with every bud breaking ground this spring. As high as heaven, O God, witness your people’s tears outpouring and their feet dragging in...
Mar 20, 2017 | blessing, Lent, prayer, resurrection
I bless the earth for nurturing the daffodil in secret until the robins are ready to herald its cheery bloom. I bless the spring peepers for freezing solid in wintery woods to wait faithfully until the early spring thaw beckons love’s chorus. I bless the sun for...
