A Spiritual Brunch, for Saturday Morning
“Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, make you complete in everything good so that you may do...
View ArticleNo Longer a Trickster – Sermon
In honor of the day for tricksters; First preached at Christ Church, Cooperstown NY, around October 2010. “Then the man* said, ‘You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,* for you have striven...
View ArticleTrinity & Unity
I had two best friends in elementary school; Sarah and Maggie. Sarah and I lived just 10 houses apart, and we were born 10 days apart–as 9-year-olds, we thought this was very significant; Maggie lived...
View ArticleProphet Daniel & the Leather Oxfords – a sermon.
In May, I was in NYC for my brother’s graduation from college, and while I was there, I wanted to find the right kind of walking shoe for the summer. I started looking through shoe stores in SoHo for...
View ArticleAnd again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like The Devil Wears Prada.
A sixth parable: In the movie The Devil Wears Prada, Meryl Streep depicts fashion mogul and long-time Vogue editor Anna Wintour–though her character has a different name in the film, of course (the...
View ArticleGod Doesn’t Need Your Money – sermon
“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and make good your vows to the Most High.” It almost seems as if I’ve skipped the sermon, doesn’t it? Breezed over the Creed, the Prayers and the Confession,...
View Articlethe longest night & St. Thomas Day
I’ve come to believe that there are no coincidences in the liturgical calendar. I awoke early on 22 December, just as light was beginning to streak the sky, having completely forgotten that the night...
View Articleeveryday violence
via There are no words to rightly honor the martyrs of Charleston. Their witness is beyond articulation, and our witness of their faith may be expressed only in gap-mouthed prayer. This violence is...
View ArticleWhat I realized when I went and sat on a mountain for weeks
At yoga camp, I started drinking water like it was my job. Granted, I am living in an un-air-conditioned (fantastic) old house, and spending most of every day working out, so drinking water sort of...
View ArticleFeast of the Transfiguration
Scripture Have you ever tried to take something away from a toddler? Phew. Jacob is getting old enough to be aware of his desires and to express them with much zeal, and if he offers a book to me but …...
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