Perhaps some of you, like me, were told when growing up that you couldn’t use the word hate. In my family, it was a little more specific: we couldn’t say we hated a person, as in “I hate my sister” or “I hate you.” So when I declared unequivocally that I hated canned peas, I … read
Happy Transfiguration Day! Is that not how we all greet this day?! The Transfiguration is odd. When Googling Transfiguration (it’s been a long winter with a lot of illness in my family, I’m using whatever tools I have to make sense of things now), the first image that I saw was a painting by Raphael. … read
We’re going to start with a simple question this morning. Why did Jesus come to earth? On second thought, not so simple a question! To answer the question, “Why did Jesus come?” has involved forests’ worth of paper, oceans’ worth of ink, countless hours in study and debate, and a few million theologians, Biblical scholars, … read
In her novel Father Melancholy’s Daughter, Gail Godwin writes these words, spoken by Margaret, a young woman considering the ministry as she musters a prayer to God. “Oh, You. Who are You? What do You want of me? What will I be doing on this day next year? Don’t tell me. (You wouldn’t anyway, would … read
What a dreary, drippy week it’s been. I can only imagine what it’s been like for those who had trees fall on their houses, or who lost power for days on end, or who had no shelter but a tent. So I am grateful that we are able to livestream today, and I hope that … read
I’ve thought a lot more about time since becoming a parent. There’s never enough time or there’s always too much time and not enough something else. Time has felt swift and short, and time has felt so long, especially right before bedtime. The years that sort of blended together don’t blend as well now. There … read