No One but Us – Dec. 19, 2018
“There is no one to send, nor a clean hand, nor a pure heart on the face of the earth, nor in the earth, but only us, a generation comforting ourselves with the notion that we have come at an awkward time, that our innocent fathers are all dead – as if innocence had ever […]
Two Lovers Beginning Again – Dec. 18, 2018
“Those who were ready for liberation were baptized by John in the Jordan River. Yahweh, the lover God, smiled because an old story was happening again. The partner people were going through a new Reed Sea event. The fiery prophet taught them about manna living: they were attending a new wilderness school! God smiled because […]
Clean Out Our Ears – Dec. 17, 2018
“O god of peace and justice, since the days of the prophet Isaiah you have sent your wise messengers to bring a vision of your realm already close at hand. And so we wait with growing expectation, yearning for your coming in this time and place. God of all salvation, we pray that you will […]
Keeping Faith – Dec. 14, 2018
“The ear of Faith is, I suggest, the ear of one who keeps faith with the agitation and the peace, and who, through the sacrament of his body, experiences their union. The ear of Faith is, to my hearing, neither deaf nor slavish. It does not falsify, nor does it reduce the tidings to explanation. […]