Relationship and the Opposition
As I sat down in worship this morning, I was almost immediately engulfed in grief and fear – the feelings I’ve been …
Post-election prayer
Oh God, Many, many of us are heartbroken today. Heartbroken, angry, grieving, shell-shocked. Overwhelmed with pain, some of us. Overwhelmed. Help us …
In Return For Your Life
“For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they give in return for …
God’s Kin-dom, Justice, Freedom
I have a confession: I almost always feel way too overwhelmed by the gross injustice and oppression in the world, to the …
A Step Toward Justice
A blog post written for the Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice in Madison, WI.
Home: A Lenten Reflection
During these liminal days, we wander through the desert, the wilderness, the dregs of winter, longing for… something. Spring. Renewal. Dare we …
Faith and Suffering: A Lenten Reflection
What is your experience with suffering in your walk with God? Are there times when suffering has challenged your faith and your …
Adventures In Soulmaking: A Review
When I saw the book Adventures in Soulmaking by Troy Caldwell, M.D., and read the description, I got excited. A book combining …
Offering
Holy and Eternal God You complete us. You call us into being Tend to us in our anguish Urge us into action …
Home
All our days, We lean toward home Not knowing where or what home is, Exactly. All our days, We lean toward You …
Sacred Transformation
The invitation is to turn toward God. Whether you are with others or alone, to enter into the silence and solitude of …
Each Breath, Resurrection
Jesus ~ Yeshua ~ Friend Your resurrection is an Amazing Startling Terrifying Wondrous Disruption of our existence. How is it that for …
Safe and Secure?
Be silent before the Lord GOD! For the day of the LORD is at hand; the LORD has prepared a sacrifice, he …
Legacy
This legacy – Suffering. Yes, anguish. A yoke of despair. Is it of any consequence As some proclaim? As some insist? Or …
An Advent Poem
If, as Herod, we fill our lives with things, and again with things, if we consider ourselves so unimportant that we must …
Love and Enemies
“Love your enemies,” Jesus says. But how? What does it mean to love those who hurt us? And it seems to me, …
Christ, Here. Now.
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that the Son of …
Sing God’s Praises
Psalm 148 Praise the Blessed One! Give praise from the heavens, and from the ends of the earth! Give praise …
Praise
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his host! Praise …
Sin and Grace
What then are we to say? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we …
Spirit and Vapor
I wonder if there is a way to envision and experience life with God without at least some sense of journey. Some …
Seeking, and Being Found
“You have formed us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in You.” ~ St. Augustine The next …
Water and Transformation
The water seeps through the rock, coming from within, or so it seems. The day is dry, cool, crisp. Yet the rock …
Resurrection
In this season of resurrection, I have been wondering what it means to live the resurrected life. It is what we are …
No One Inside
“But during the night, the angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said, ‘Go and …
Anger, Grief, and… Hope?
I, along with countless others, am deeply grieved by the shootings at a Jewish community center and a Jewish assisted living facility …
Leaving and Following
“Peter began to say to him, ‘Look, we have left everything and followed you.’ Jesus said, ‘Truly I tell you, there …
Perfection and Redemption
by Mary Kay Glazer My goal in life is to be perfect. Or, maybe not so much my goal, since that implies …