What are we to now that Easter Sunday has come and gone and it seems as though nothing has changed in our lives. We are still quarantined or sheltering in place in hour homes. We are separated from our families and friends, and still, Christ is risen, truly risen.
Read MoreTo taste and see is to realize that God is near. God is so near in fact, that our breath, is God's presence in our bodies. Divine breath filling our lungs, sustaining us for yet another day.
Read MoreEach day we firmly plant our feet on the floor, in a brief moment we rarely notice, we make a choice: are we going to have a case of the Mondays, the Mondays we dread or are we going to have a case of the Mondays in the best possible way.
Read MoreLazarus carried a disease more widespread than any pandemic the world has ever faced - Death.
Read MorePerhaps we can take this time of isolation to focus on our breathing, to remember God’s breath.
Read MoreEmpty store shelves, people wearing gloves, social distancing—it’s all starting to feel like the new normal. It has only been a week but we seem to be adapting in countless ways.
Read MoreWe can have change everywhere in the world. We can eat different things for dinner and different things for breakfast, but one thing always stays the same.
Read MoreJesus did not tell his disciples, called away from their nets and their families to be born again. This word association conundrum is Nicodemus’ problem. Can’t we just end the sermon now and head home?
Read MoreThis is just the beginning of revealing the fullness of God, in Christ, to us.
Read More“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.” - Fred Rogers
Read MoreSitting at a common table in a coffee shop or while having Spud trim up your neckline with a straight razor, it is hard to walk away the moment a conversation turns a direction we don’t want it to or worse a direction we don’t want to consider having any validity over our own strongly held convictions.
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Every time we hear Jesus’ invitation to his table and we share bread and wine, taking seriously his invitation to all people - the poor and the rich, the meek and the powerful, the hungry and those with plenty - we are experiencing the grace and promise of the Kingdom of Heaven.
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A liturgy of grace, the work of God’s love we participate in does not remove us from the weekday and weekend liturgy of the neighborhood. Our work continues.
Read MoreIn your baptism, you were raised to new life in Christ. You received the pardon, not because of anything you did or because the correct prayer and words were spoken.
Read MoreGod’s revelation, God’s dreams rearrange our lives, disrupting the trajectory of what we have set for ourselves, just as an intruder in the middle of the night has the ability to suddenly, without warning rearrange the layout of a home.
Read MoreAway from home, separated from family and friends, the loss of what was known - the song practically writes itself.
Read MoreTell the oppressed to be grateful for their oppressor or the abused to be grateful for the abuser and let me know how that works out.
Read More“Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Grace evokes gratitude like the voice an echo. Gratitude follows grace like thunder lightning.” - Karl Barth
Read MoreThis book is confusing. I have been reading it - off and on - since I received my third-grade bible with bonded leather with red letters. I have spent countless hours studying in the basement of a seminary, with friends and strangers, and around dining room tables and I can tell you this - I have not figured it out.
Read MoreThe DIY faith Paul is writing to correct calls us away from quick-fix solutions, and towards grace and mercy, telling us the work of Christ was and continues to be insufficient. Paul was calling the ancient church away from revolutionized human teachings - three-quick and easy steps and back to a life of extravagance.
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