Babe
Whether on a church sign or a doormat, the word “welcome” doesn’t always tell the truth. What we do know is that it’s fixed in place. A true welcome is a stance, a practice, a moving thing. It’s most powerful when it’s in loving pursuit, carried in an outstretched hand: Medicine for the wounded, food for the […]
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 […]
Blessing the Ordinary – Oct. 26, 2022
Let these wordslay themselveslike a blessingupon your head,your shoulders, as if,like hands,they could pass onto youwhat you most needfor this day…. –Jan Richardson, from “Blessing the Ordinary” in Circle of Grace, p. 179
In What Will I Trust? – Apr. 15, 2022
“…into your hands I commend my spirit.” -Luke 23:46
