Advent 2B Isaiah 40:1-11, 2 Peter 3:8-15, Mark 1:1-8 Prepare the way of the Lord! Prepare! What on earth does that mean? I feel like we should all be scrambling around making something but I’m not sure what. Every time I hear that word “prepare” associated with the church, I think about a scene from…
Pentecost 22A, Sunday before Christ the King Each year on the Sunday before Christ the King I preach on the church year. As a child, I never realized the ever returning story that the church year tells us. Perhaps it is because Presbyterians (which I was as a child) do not put emphasis on such…
One of the very best things about my call (job, position, vocation, whatever you wish to label it–though call is most appropriate) is that I get to read and write a lot. That’s a pretty good thing since I love both of those things. While on internship in seminary I remember calling a classmate of mine…
A few times lately I have made reference to the fact that my mother passed away in September. Actually, I despise that phrase: passed away. Makes it sound so benign and innocent. She was peacefully at rest when she “passed away” but I do not believe for a moment that death itself is sweet, innocent or benign.…
Pentecost 19A Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18 Matthew 22:34-46 At the beginning of the movie, Love Actually, the voice of the character who plays the British Prime Minister has a little speech about love: “Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at the Heathrow Airport. General opinion’s starting…
Shepherdess Writes 