advent journal

advent journal: transforming love

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...