Today, I made history. Kinda by accident. Funny thing about making history: it never happens when you’re in your best dress. I guess it does for some people. The big people making big history every day. They know it’s coming. The rest of us don’t really. History sneaks up on you and there you are…
Earth’s crammed with heaven, and every common bush, afire with God–Elizabeth Barret Browning Season of Creation Year A 1st Sunday Genesis 2:4b-10, 16-22 Colossians 1:15-20 John 3:1-17 (more information on the Season of Creation coming soon) For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son… in order that the world might be…
Easter 6A Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21 Around this time every year I begin to feel like we are forgetting something; like something is being left out of our worship service. It is because during the Great 50 Days of Easter, we do not have an Old Testament lesson. I grew up in…
Easter 5A John 14:1-14 Recently I have begun one of life’s most irritating tasks: packing. As I prepare to move into my new house (at some point or another eventually!) I have spent a lot of time packing and labeling boxes. Kitchen: Fragile. Kitchen: Junk Drawer. Books: Seminary. Books: HEAVY! Craft Supplies. There are some…
Pentecost 4C Luke 7:36-8:3 Lately, I’ve heard a lot of people say, “I’m spiritual but not religious.” This phrase makes me very uncomfortable. For a long time I could not figure out exactly what they meant. Did being “spiritual” make them “spiritualists”? That’s an old-fashioned phrase for people who engaged in the occult. But no,…
Shepherdess Writes 