“i will not die an unlived life”
I like the sentiment expressed in this poem by Dawna Markova posted today on the inward/outward website: I Will Not Die an Unlived Life I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of...
View Articlea meditation for good friday
When the disciples who were with Jesus saw what was going to happen, they asked, “Shall we use our swords, Lord?” And one of them struck the High Priest’s slave and cut off his right ear. But Jesus...
View Article“what do i know of holy”
I made you promises a thousand times. I’ve tried to hear from heaven, but I talked the whole time. I think I made you too small. I never feared you at all, no … If you touched my face, would I know...
View Articleon earth as it is in heaven
N. T. Wright is right! The separation of religion from “real life,” the separation of faith from politics, from the push and pull of the everyday decisions that impact the lives of persons and...
View Articledisconnected faith?
In a couple of weeks, our congregation will be hosting a “Cool Congregations” workshop, intended to promote an informed and committed response by people of faith to the serious environmental threat...
View Articlewhat makes the soul great
Notice the Wonder was posted today on the inward/outward website. It quotes Abraham Heschel, a theologian and a lover of God whom I have always found most insightful and eloquent. To pray is to take...
View Articlepeachy!
I enjoyed Elane O’Rourke’s New Year’s Day post: on the premise that whatever one does on New Year’s Day one will do all year. It is fun, reflective, and disarmingly honest … about her reactions to the...
View Articleash wednesday
Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day in another season of Lent. This banner will hang in our sanctuary tonight as begin our Lent together with an evensong service, Marty Haugen’s Holden Evening...
View Articlea meditation for good friday 2009
On the way they met a man named Simon, who was coming into the city from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross. (Simon was from Cyrene and was the father of Alexander and...
View Articleheaven can wait
I don’t expect to go to heaven. At one time I did. At one time, making myself worthy of heaven was the focus of my life. From early childhood, I learned what it meant to ask Jesus into my heart with...
View Articlethe “b” word
In our house, it was the “B” word and it was banned! So I very much appreciate Frederick Buechner’s comments on “boredom” … Boredom ought to be one of the Seven Deadly Sins. It deserves the honor. You...
View Articlechange of heart
This last Sunday, I shared some of Jeanne Bishop’s story in my sermon entitled, Be the church: forgive often. In April, 1990, Jeanne’s pregnant sister and her sister’s husband were murdered in their...
View Articlein three weeks
Three weeks from now, I will be on my way here … returning to the Isle of Iona and the Iona Abbey for the third time. I will be taking nine companions, one of whom was with me when I brought a group...
View Articlewe are the temple of the living god
We are the temple of the living God … For my personal devotions at the beginning of each day, I read from a book by Frederick Buechner, entitled “Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC’s of Faith.” It...
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