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Fragility
part of the beauty with which we were crafted, the genius; fragility invites gentleness. our hairline fractures allow luminescence to dance with infinite grace against the canvas of creation. betrayed, it is our curse. a blessing, it reveals the resilience … Continue reading
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Year B Proper 17: commandments vs amendments
It all starts out so well: “This will show your wisdom and discernment to the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and discerning people!’” pronounces Moses, so full of … Continue reading
A vain and foolish thing
Vain and foolish, one would not think that with no animal spirit, nor soul, no mind of its own, but an idle thing could inspire such passion, such pain, such tearing, such rending of hearts, of lives apart; only with … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, poetry, prayer, sermon preparation
Tagged Deuteronomy 4, gun control, gun violence, Mark. 7, WBDJ, Year B Proper 17
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Solid ground
Constant God, You are the one fixed point in a universe that never stops moving; expanding, exploding, orbiting, spinning on its axis; the very earth beneath our feet shifts and shrugs, magma boils beneath the surface, fluid. No wonder we … Continue reading
Heart healthy
If I am working into the evening, I try to get out around four or five o’clock for a walk. It’s cheaper than caffeine, and it doesn’t keep me up all night. So I found myself contemplating our contemplative prayer … Continue reading
Year B Proper 15: the bread of life
“How can this man give us his flesh to eat on the moon?” they demanded to know, adding, “This is getting a little ridiculous.”
So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.” Continue reading
The strange story of Barry Baker
There are occasional joys in being a borderline hoarder. This week at Bible Study, we were looking at the Gospel for the coming Sunday, and feeling as bewildered as the poor people in the passage wondering what the devil Jesus … Continue reading
Suspended animation
Oh honey, it’s not the suspense that’s killing you. In that moment when the knife slices open the rope, fingertip fibres flicking away one by one, unravelling, their grip slipping; when the last straw breaks, in that one perfect moment … Continue reading
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Year B Proper 14: “goodness can go viral, too”
I have been where Elijah was. Not the physical location, exactly; Mount Horeb is thought to be in the south of the country, and I was in the north, staying at a kibbutz near the Lebanese border. It was a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Kings 19:1-8, DWB, Elijah, John 6, Mariann Budde, Peter and Rondesia Jarrett Schell
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Transfiguration
stripped to our atoms, our shining core, is glory [still] captive to chaos
over the water 