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...