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Finishing a Homily
I took a break from my sermonizing to capture the sky; it’s pink-dappled clouds on a purple backdrop. It was an image so big that it forced its way through my small office window, distracting me. This moment was two-thirds of the way through, but it captures the chasing-darkness aspect of writing as well as…
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Thanksgiving Projects
As much as she loves the gathering with family and her cousins, I think my Baby’s favorite part is the projects. Published via Pressgram
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Asking/Responding
a homily for Proper 29C Text: Luke 23:33-43 This is a potent ending to the church year. Jesus on the cross, mocked, brought low beside two criminals. A passage full of questions—like the questions we all bring with us to church. Questions about… Jesus—Who is He, what is He? What does He want? GOD—What is…
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A new look
One of the commonly-held rules of blogging is not to change your site. Pick a theme and stick with it. Sorry. I can’t. It isn’t who I am. The furniture in my childhood home never stayed in one place for more than a few months at a time. One room or another was always being…
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Building for Mission
a homily for Proper 28C Text: Luke 21:5-19 Encountering Jesus’s Mission Jesus ends the teaching at the Temple and begins to leave with his closest followers by saying some pretty tough words. Listen: In the hearing of all the people he said to the disciples, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in…
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One simple way the church can stop failing our daughters
The church is failing our daughters and one thing can change that: we make their well-being a priority. Because right now, we aren’t. We claim love, diversity, equality, faith, commitment, responsibility, duty, honor, respect and so much more are our values, and we do a lot of good things. But what is our greatest priority?…
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On Rising With the Sun
If I were to personify the sun, I would find myself waking with a secret companion, hidden in plain sight. So obvious that she could be missed by each of us – especially my spouse, who is no morning person. The sun, my mistress rises before I want to, before I can even bring my…
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Breaking Our Fast
Of all the spiritual disciplines, I am quickly coming to the conclusion that this one is the most important: the discipline of breaking a fast. The foundation of the word discipline is in speaking of common order–and one’s relationship to order. When we speak of the church’s laws and principles, we refer to the “doctrine and discipline”…
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