Are We There Yet?
Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?” – 2 Samuel 7:18 (NRSV) The #BlackLivesMatter movement is more...
View ArticleRock Bottom
O God, the nations have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the air for food. – Psalm 79:1-2 (NRSV) The bleakness of...
View ArticleCry Out!
How long, O Peace, will we hold one another hostage?How long will we demand endless penalty for every debt? “Make straight and wide a path in the wilderness so that all might travel safely in God’s...
View ArticleSong of the Prophet Mary
Let this breath be an insight into your glory and this flesh be alive with your joy — for who else is so powerful yet so merciful as to be revealed through me for the sake of blessing? It is the same...
View ArticleLove
What we have confined, O Love, you have exploded. What we have defined, O Love, you have confounded. What we have constrained, O Love, you have released. What we have diminished, O Love, you have...
View ArticleKicking the Can
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah while he was still confined in the court of the guard: In this place that is waste, there shall once more be heard the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness....
View ArticlePsalm 90
Let it be a dream this pain, this disappointment a fleeting memory in the growing light of dawn Let it be a weed that is turned over, turned under to make room for all that is good and growing Let it...
View ArticleDreaming
When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. – Psalm 126:1 (NRSV) Am I the only person who reads Scripture and begins to hum a Broadway tune? “We were like those who...
View ArticleDaydream Believer
When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouths filled with laughter and our tongue with shouts of joy. – Psalm 126:1-2a (NRSV) Is it better to dream or to be...
View ArticleRegistration
In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. … Joseph went to be...
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