advent journal
advent journal: transforming love
After I printed my last Advent sermon, I went back to save the file and managed to delete the text in the document before...
advent journal: a faraway christmas
One of the cool things about Guilford is a biannual event called GreenStage Guilford, which is four or five days of various live performances...
advent journal: incremental
incremental
this shortest day
was spent contemplating
two long-lived lives
alongside of sons
and spouses caught
in the anteroom
of unraveling
that opens into grief
I had no answers
I hardly had comfort
I had...
lenten journal
lenten journal: friday night lights
friday night lights
at the funeral home
on a friday evening
one of the speakers
quoted Mary Oliver
“four small stones
hugging each other”
an image of love
in a roomful of...
lenten journal: affirmation season
affirmation season
the best part of
deacons’ meeting
on the night
after the Oscars
was when one said,
“how long has
it been since
we told the staff
they were doing
a good job?’
after a...
lenten journal: before & after
I know I was not the only preacher who mentioned that we are close to the four year anniversary of the beginning of the...
poetry
you’ve got a friend
My sermon this week was based on John 15:11-17, a passage where Jesus tells his disciples they are his friends. That set me wondering...
lenten journal: friday night lights
friday night lights
at the funeral home
on a friday evening
one of the speakers
quoted Mary Oliver
“four small stones
hugging each other”
an image of love
in a roomful of...
lenten journal: spiritual practice
spiritual practice
start with intent
make a promise
show up and then
miss the next day
live with failure
then deal with grace
you did not write
everyday this lent
easter will come
good...
