Send Me Tough Angels – Mar. 6, 2023
“I am not asking youto take this wilderness from me,to remove this place of starknesswhere I come to knowthe wildness within me… But send metough angels,sweet wine,strong bread:just enough.” –Jan Richardson, excerpt from “Desert Prayer“, In Wisdom’s Path: Discovering the Sacred in Every Season (The Pilgrim Press, 2000), p. 54
Bad News and Good News
Lately, the newspaper and the scripture readings seem to be interchangeable. When Jesus warns us* about wars and uprising, nations attacking one another, earthquakes, famines, and epidemics, I might as well be reading the front page of The Washington Post. War in Ukraine! Rising inflation! Political chaos! Police brutality! Racism! New strains of COVID! Half […]
Send Me Tough Angels – Sept. 2, 2022
I am not asking youto take this wilderness from me,to remove this place of darknesswhere I come to knowthe wildness within me,… But send metough angels,sweet wine,strong bread:just enough. –Jan Richardson, excerpt from “Desert Prayer“, In Wisdom’s Path, p. 54
Never Hunger, Never Thirst
The crowds searched for Jesus, hoping for another miracle. The people search him out, seeking a miraculous sign.* Or rather, seeking yet another sign. And another. And then, maybe another, if you don’t mind. We keep asking for more and more of what we already have. We want to see again what we have been […]
