Now he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the … [Read more...] about Lent Without Hiding
Beauty and the Gays
I didn't want to write about Beauty and the Beast and the gays. I've been trying to ignore all the back and forth, the angry evangelicals, the angry liberals, the snarky commentary, the Twitter … [Read more...] about Beauty and the Gays
Coming Back from Distraction
The practice of meditation is not the practice of not being distracted. It is the practice of bringing yourself back from distraction. * I remember learning how to meditate in college. I walked to … [Read more...] about Coming Back from Distraction
Lent Without “My” Jesus
This week's Matthew lectionary text is the Transfiguration *again,* (so much transfiguration!), and so this week for an early Monday Meditation, I'm publishing a sermon I preached two years ago on the … [Read more...] about Lent Without “My” Jesus
7 Gratitudes: All Good Gifts Around Us
Every Friday Leanna Coyle-Carter gathers up some bloggers and we count 7 Gratitudes from the week before! Join us and #LinkUp to her blog and the other writers! *** All good gifts around us Are sent … [Read more...] about 7 Gratitudes: All Good Gifts Around Us
Lent Without Shortcuts
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, "If you are … [Read more...] about Lent Without Shortcuts
7 Gratitudes: PubSubs, Thunderstorms, Grace
Every week, me and some other bloggers team up with Leanna Coyle-Carter to be grateful. Join us and #LinkUp at the link at the bottom of the page! 1. My coworker jerry rigging the PA system so that … [Read more...] about 7 Gratitudes: PubSubs, Thunderstorms, Grace
“I Don’t Want Those Sissy Ashes”
Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come, and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; before the sun and the light and the … [Read more...] about “I Don’t Want Those Sissy Ashes”
