advent journal
advent journal: maybe, baby
I’m writing tonight between our two Christmas Eve services. The early one at five is described as the family service so that folks know...
advent journal: without you
without you
if I quote the words you can
probably say them with me
“you've been given a great gift
George: a chance to see what the
world would...
advent journal: screen shot
It turns out that the shortest day of the year is also the birthday of a number of people who matter to me, and...
lenten journal
lenten journal: listen for your name
By the time most of you read this it will be Easter, so here is my Easter sermon, which looks at Jesus’ encounter with...
lenten journal: cross purposes
cross purposes
growing up they said
nothing but the blood
as though violence was
some kind of necessity
a cosmic payoff in a world
where blame and shame
are primary currency
we’ve...
lenten journal: just a thought
just a thought
after a supper
that took a turn
they didn’t understand
and an arrest
that left them lost
we do well to remember
not one of them said
“I’ll see...
poetry
on earth as it is . . .
I’m three sermons into my series on the Lord’s Prayer and it is already changing how I hear and say the prayer. Reciting the...
beyond shame
I am recuperating well from my surprise gallbladder attack and consequent removal, and am grateful to be able to preach at my church this...
lenten journal: slow art
Because I went to the gym this morning, I saw the message on my dashboard that my car was due for servicing and I...
