What Glory Is For – May 25, 2020
“I always wondered why the makers leave housekeeping and cooking out of their tales. Isn’t it what all the great wars and battles are fought for — so that at day’s end a family may eat together in a peaceful house?” ―Ursula K. Le Guin, Voices
Glory
Whenever I read passages where Jesus talks about glorifying God, or saying things like “glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed,”* I never quite understand what he means. Glory seems like an old-fashioned sort of word, one that is connected somehow with war, […]
Remembering How – Jan. 6, 2020
Befriending darkness is the theme for this week, beginning with Epiphany on January 6. Selections come from Barbara Brown Taylor’s book, Learning to Walk in the Dark (New York: Harper One, 2014). “Learning to walk in the dark is an especially valuable skill in times like these—or maybe I should say remembering how to walk […]
