A Flexible Faith
Remember Walkmans? Remember cassette tapes? Well in that same era, I have a distinct memory of “borrowing” my mother’s Jane Fonda workout tape and putting it into my walkman. I set off on a walk.
Where Else Would I Be?
This week’s lectionary serves up some strange passages. The Gospel reading begins with Jesus saying, “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me and I in them.” Just because we affirm this, do this, each communion Sunday doesn’t quite remove the ‘Ewww!’ factor in this passage!
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Must the Sword Devour Us Forever
What if the writer of 1st Peter, a chaplain and pastor to refugees, displaced & unhoused, made a pastoral call on King David? Would David’s fears have been relieved? Would his last gasp for vengeance be stilled? (read 1 Peter 3:9-15 for some clues).
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Messenger With No Name
Have you ever had to be a bearer of bad news? How did you feel or what did you do to prepare to give someone a word that you knew was going to be hard?
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Growing Up
Who’s been watching the Olympics this week? I confess, I’ve missed most of it so far, except for a few of the preliminary events in women’s gymnastics.
What Is a Miracle?
What is a miracle? I don’t know how I feel about miracles. On the one hand, I feel like most things that happen have a simple, logical explanation. On the other, I can’t picture moving through life without a constant feeling of wonder!
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God Forgives, I Don’t
What a week! I don’t know about you, but I think I’m all about tired of saying and feeling this. Continued political strife and violence, failing infrastructure at the hands of our inability to be good stewards of our resources, it’s too darn hot/wet/windy…and on and on.
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When the Truth Hurts
Sometimes the truth hurts. How often do you avoid saying something, even when something needs to be said, because you don’t want to risk a friendship, a work situation, a family relationship? That’s what John the Baptist’s story is making me think about.
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Travel Lightly
If you are like me, you are carrying a lot right now. A lot of anxiety about the state of our nation. Concern for those in the path of war and violence. Stress about our planet, as a warming climate threatens more and more dramatic weather events. Money worries, health worries, worries about loved ones.
Radical Attempt
Friends, this Sunday is a high holy day for us– It’s Pride! We’ll reflect together about how being in relationship with queerness blesses us, grows us, and connects us to transformative possibilities.