You Are Beloved
On this weekend celebrating the baptism of Jesus, I find myself reflecting on my own baptism. I was just a baby so don’t remember it; but as Jesus had been presented in the Temple as a baby, my parents were proclaiming my life as God’s and our life as part of a larger church community. […]
Celebration!
The Christmas story, in many ways, reminds me of the story Jesus tells about the Great Banquet (Luke 14), where a man prepares a feast, only to have his invited guests bow out one by one. With everything ready, his servants go into town to bring “the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame”. […]
Dwell
The old canvas tents of my childhood smelled like earth wrapped in twine. A moving shelter, I learned how to pitch them and to sleep upon the body of creation. Inside, I dreamed of being in a Bedouin caravan traveling across deserts or with the magi moving by starlight, searching for signs. A sanctuary held […]
Exultant Joy
”The Almighty Has Done Great Things For Me,” painting by Maria Lang I wish we had more stories about Mary and Elizabeth, extraordinary women. I wish we had more details about their lives. And yet. What is unavailable provokes openhearted imagination, memory, and hope. In a natural visit between relatives, the visitation of the Spirit […]
