Peace Be With You

I can’t help thinking about the last time this passage* came up in the lectionary: April 2020. Five weeks into the pandemic shutdown, our world had been turned upside down. With every passing week, reality seemed to become less and less tethered to… well, reality. Things that had been inconceivable before the pandemic were happening […]

The House of Belonging – Feb. 14, 2023

“This is the bright home in which I live, this is where I ask my friends to come, this is where I want to love all the things it has taken me so long to learn to love. This is the temple of my adult aloneness and I belong to that aloneness as I belong […]

Keep Yourselves – Nov. 23, 2022

“But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.” -Jude 1:20-21

Savoring Blessedness – Sept. 27, 2022

“Consider the memorable tables of your life: kitchen table, dining table, bedside, boardroom, and communion table. Shapes and purposes vary, but these are the tables around which family, friends, colleagues, adversaries have sat with you… Now is the time to bring the gifts of your life to the table: to remember, retrieve, and savor your […]