Well, it’s Mother’s Day, and knowing there are many perspectives on Mother’s Day in the congregation, let me simply say that I love my mother, and I love being a mother, and all I need on Mother’s Day is a card and someone else making dinner. But because it’s Mother’s Day, let me propose, for … read
As Lindsey noted last week, Easter merits an entire liturgical season. Resurrection is a lot to handle, and so we get seven weeks to mull over the empty tomb, Jesus walking through walls, breaking bread, and eating fish. We get time to digest this feast of a story, and we need that. Digesting the story … read
Last Sunday, in the afterglow of a still Easter morning, after the hot crossed buns and egg hunting, the coffee and the blisters from shoes we hadn’t worn in a long time, at home, on my couch, I saw the Lord. I wasn’t trying to see him. I was very tired from the eggs and … read
We are so glad you are here this morning, “we” being the pastors and the staff and the leaders of the congregation. Thank you for taking time out of this blessed sunshine to come to church, to hear a good story, to sing and pray and probably laugh. May you know blessings today, ones that … read
Lord, make us instruments of your peace: where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O divine One, grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as … read
“Bringing Hope to Despair.” That’s a sermon title-ish rendition of today’s line in the Franciscan peace prayer we’re focusing on for Lent: “Where there is despair, let me sow hope.” The traditional way to set up this sermon would be to help you see the despair before making the case for hope. But do I … read