Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied." -John 14:8- Just one more thing, Jesus, and I'll be satisfied. I promise! This is the last thing! Eyebrows raise. "You strike … [Read more...] about A Woman Who Has Never Been Satisfied
Monday Meditation
Trusting Ourselves in the In-Between
"The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep … [Read more...] about Trusting Ourselves in the In-Between
Lent Without Swords
“Tell the daughter of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you, gentle, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” -Palm Sunday- -Matthew 21- Western Christianity is obsessed with … [Read more...] about Lent Without Swords
Lent Without Maps
In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s … [Read more...] about Lent Without Maps
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
Lent Without Fear
'Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his … [Read more...] about Lent Without Fear
Leviticus 19: Learning to Travel Light
You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but … [Read more...] about Leviticus 19: Learning to Travel Light
Psalm 119: Love Poem to the Law
Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord. Psalm 119:1 "Remember your fairy tales. Spells are used for breaking enchantments as well as for inducing them. And you and … [Read more...] about Psalm 119: Love Poem to the Law