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Mary Kay Glazer

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 …

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 …

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 …