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Responding to a Sadducee
Resurrection is not “a conjuring trick with bones,”* nor is the resurrection a reality-tv show about the life of seven brothers and their unnamed widow-sister-wife Resurrection is not undone by the cynicism of the resurrected one blinking, bewildered in the … Continue reading
Be Still
I am Lazarus, lying still. In the whitewashed tomb even time stops running, runs down, stops. The air is still, unstirred by breath of life; deep dark unbroken by flashing eye, or a rogue smile. I am Lazarus, numb, unfeeling, … Continue reading
Brought to you by:
I wish I could give you the details. I’m a little hazy on them myself. I can tell you that today was brought on entirely by prayer. It wasn’t the words, God knows, nor the miniscule, mustard-seed faith that wrote … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, meditation, other words, poetry
Tagged day, faith, mustard seed, prayer
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Guns kill people
Guns are not choosy. Guns just kill people. It’s their modus operandi. It’s what they do. We are hearing more, bit by bit, about the latest victims of the latest shooting rampage. Each detail chips a little more flint from … Continue reading
Posted in gun violence, other words
Tagged Aaron Alexis, grief, gun control, gun violence, Navy Yard, Washington DC
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Loose ends
When someone dies, there are plenty of loose ends. Some are hanging by a thread, easily pulled away, dealt with and discarded. Some we fear that if we pull the whole thing will unravel, so we leave them well alone. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ariel Castro, death, God, judgement, loose ends, prison, suicide
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The doves of democracy
It sounded on my radio this morning as though the world was repeating to its leaders the lessons it learned at its mothers’ knee: Two wrongs don’t make a right. NPR reported that Angela Merkel was likely to be wary … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Kings 1:9-14, Angela Merkel, current affairs, David Cameron, democracy, gas attack, Iraq War, Luke 9:51-55, pacifism, politics, revenge, Samaria, Syria
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Heart of darkness
I’ll readily (although not happily) admit that I am pretty naive about race. I grew up in the dark about my own white privilege, my own native prejudice and naive misconceptions. I moved to another country, with its own complicated racial … Continue reading
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Tagged community, diversity, Euclid, funeral visitation, Luke 9:23-26, Mark 8:34-38, racism, white flight, white privilege
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Remembering Rachel
A few months ago, my teenaged daughter asked if she coud go urban exploring. Of course, I said no. Acknowledging that it sounded intriguing and exciting and that I could certainly see the artistic possibilities, I pointed out that it … Continue reading
Love your neighbour/Stand your ground
A reflection on three little words: Love your neighbour and three more: Stand your ground. Stand your ground: refuse to yield to the insidious isms of the age. Stand your ground: let love outweigh fear, pity dominate over prejudice, mercy … Continue reading
Posted in meditation
Tagged Chicago, Good Samaritan, gun violence, newtown, Trayvon Martin, way of the cross, Zimmerman
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