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This morning’s prayer is for those carrying their grief under their skin, pricked by memories. Continue reading
Hope in the ashes
There is hope in cold ashes. We do not “do” Lent, we do not approach the fast as those who have no hope, or as though who fear the fire. For God is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Days, Uncategorized
Tagged Ash Wednesday, ashes, daffodils, Incarnation, Lent, William Wordsworth
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Beatitudes
A sermon for the fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, and the aftermath of an executive order turning away refugees and other immigrants (including green card holders) from seven nations. The Gospel was the Sermon on the Mount: the Beatitudes (Matthew … Continue reading
Posted in Blessings, current events, Uncategorized
Tagged beatitudes, immigraton, Matthew 5:1-12, Micah 6:8, refugees
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Christmas Eve
A message for and from the Church of the Epiphany, Euclid, Ohio There’s something strange about the sign that the shepherds outside Bethlehem received that Christmas night so long ago. After all, if a choir of angels appears above the … Continue reading
Posted in Blessings, Holy Days, homily, Uncategorized
Tagged Christmas Eve, nativity
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All Hallows Eve
spirits wake the crones take bones and withered skin to dance by starlight feigning beauty phoenix feather passion soon consumed, confused the saints dream resurrection, raise a hymn of praise against the silence of the night a cowl thrown across … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Days, poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged All Hallows Eve, All Saints, Hallowe'en
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PokemonGO to the RNC
Are Pokeballs on the list of restricted items within the secure zone? Continue reading
The call to #WearOrange
Tomorrow is the day – and Sunday, too. June 2nd is national #WearOrange day, chosen for the birthday of Hadiya Pendleton, as a mark of defiant celebration of life in the face of death and violence. Today, I am mailing … Continue reading
Posted in gun safety, Uncategorized
Tagged #WearOrange, Aurora, Chardon, citizenship, newtown, ordination, pure and undefiled religion, religion and politics
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Reasons to #WearOrange: Devaluation
A confession: when we are discussing the pros and cons of an apartment to rent, our family has come to use a rather disrespectful shorthand for one particular criterion. How “killy” the street or block has become the self-defining descriptor of … Continue reading
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Tagged "a bit killy", #WearOrange, grief, gun violence, parenthood
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Spring in Michigan
It’s day two of the Festival of Faith & Writing. So much to think about, process, reflect upon, enjoy. But halfway across the parking lot at lunch – in the middle of a day that began in the freezing temperatures … Continue reading
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It’s no joke
I nearly didn’t go this morning. I have too many things to juggle between now and tomorrow’s noon wedding and the flight to a family funeral to follow. Still, they haunted me and hounded me out of the door. They … Continue reading
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Tagged heroin, opiate addiction, overdose, Taking Back Our Communities
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