We Begin Again
Today we are persons broken, families, neighbors, and a nation horribly divided, a global community in crisis. Every day I have choices. Who I pray for, how I spend my money, how I am with the other I encounter, where I give my free time and energy, what I aspire to, where I find my […]
I Am Still With You
Our embodiment is the concern of the lectionary this week. Our bodily temples† are revered as sacred, and blessed as such in the rite of Holy Communion and other sacraments. The body is nonetheless frail and temporary. I hope current events at least serve to remind us not to take our health for granted. God […]
Not Worthy?
Christmas is over, the three Wise Men have returned to their home in the east, and the batteries powering the fairy lights around my living room have run down, damping the festive color to a dim, barely visible glow. I’m feeling a bit run down, myself. I’m tired of staying home all the time, wearing […]
Bearing Gifts
They caught my eye in a Guatemalan street market: three kneeling women and a bright star on a painted wooden fish. On the other side of the fish, there were farmers bearing gifts in a field of cornstalks – bread, fruit and a load of wood. Practical gifts. The kind that three wise women would […]