It Came Upon the Midnight Clear – Dec. 30, 2022

For lo! the days are hastening on,By prophet-bards foretold,When with the ever-circling yearsComes round the age of gold;When peace shall over all the earthIts ancient splendors fling,And the whole world give back the songWhich now the angels sing. -Hymn lyrics by Edmund H. Sears

The Power of Goodness – Dec. 15, 2022

““The power of the Most High will overshadow you,” the monastic liturgy prays during Advent. But who really believes it? We spend our lives, as nations and as individuals, waiting to be saved by the power of our own achievements or the power of destructive force. And yet, it is the clear, soft, consuming, overshadowing […]

Your Yes to Us – Oct. 20, 2022

You are the God who is simple, direct, clear with us and for us.You have committed yourself to us.You have said yes to us in creation            yes to us in our birth,            yes to us in our baptism,            yes to us in our awakening this day. But we are of another kind,            more accustomed to “perhaps, maybe, we’ll see,”            left in wonderment and ambiguity. We […]