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May 2019

May 28, 2019
I like how safe words are. I like how words string together and make puzzles,...

March 2019

March 18, 2019
I'm taking a break from writing this Lent, while I go on pilgrimage on the...
March 03, 2019
 Now about eight days after these sayings, Jesus took with him Peter and John and...

February 2019

February 17, 2019
They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the...
February 10, 2019
Then Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be...
February 03, 2019
All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. Luke 4:21-30 This...

January 2019

January 26, 2019
We're in the "season after Epiphany," an in-between moment of Ordinary Time after the feast...
January 20, 2019
They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the...
January 13, 2019
But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed...
January 06, 2019
In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise...
January 02, 2019
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:...

December 2018

December 30, 2018
And the angel said unto them, Fear not! for behold, I bring you good tidings...
December 17, 2018
I sat on the couch across from my spiritual director, looking at the painting of...
December 15, 2018
There are strange words on the wind this week of Advent. The lectionary texts from...
December 07, 2018
"By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon...
December 01, 2018
Welcome to Advent, which launches off every year with a good old fashioned End Times...

November 2018

November 24, 2018
I want it to be Christmas so badly. I have never wanted it to be Christmas...
November 08, 2018
Jesus isn't messing around today. Beware! the lectionary text begins. The NIV translates this as watch out! Be careful!...
November 03, 2018
Tithing conjures up images of prosperity preachers hollering at little old ladies to send them...

October 2018

October 25, 2018
“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked [Bartimaeus]. The blind man said,...
October 20, 2018
I got very into Job in high school. I was a kid who got "very...
October 13, 2018
They told me to read the Bible literally. They said that there were no stories...
October 06, 2018
This week, Chalice Press published Preaching As Resistance: Voices of Hope, Justice, and Solidarity, an...

September 2018

September 29, 2018
So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. On the second day,...
September 22, 2018
Who opens a container of Oreos and just eats three, the official "serving size" for a...
September 14, 2018
Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the...
September 08, 2018
We're prone to take the healing stories of Jesus very personally. We see the Gospel...
September 01, 2018
This week, the lectionary invites us to be weird for a bit, and imagine that...

August 2018

August 25, 2018
It isn't supposed to hurt, my yoga teacher said. I disagreed. This is exercise, I...
August 18, 2018
"You can always tell when they're gonna lift their hands," he snickered, looking around the...
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