A Reflection for Maundy Thursday In Jerusalem This is my first time, too Jerusalem Don't think I could get used to living in such a big city The crowd was surprising Kept wondering where all of those people were coming from Then I remembered we were in Jerusalem, imagine that! Pass the… what did he just say?         this is my body?             broken… Did he say "broken"?     Yes, he does seem different in some way,

A Reflection for Easter Sunday Toward the Dawn Toward the dawn No longer night Not yet day They came to see Their lives shaken Scared to death Come and see They were told Do not fear They were told What you seek is no longer here They were told And they did Come and see Then they  told Even still gripped with fear They told That it was a new day Why Are You Weeping? Even though we know We are still afraid sometimes But You know that about us And will always gently ask Now tha

A Reflection for Palm/Passion Sunday Forever "Who is this?" is the question Forever is what is at stake Forever unfolds Steadfastly unfolds Unapologetically unfolds Graciously unfolds Painfully unfolds Lovingly unfolds For us Unfolds for us In this moment Forever Who is this? Today we hold two Sundays in one hand. We begin with palms — the crowd surging, the cloaks spread on the road, the branches waving, the shout rising from Psalm 118 like something that had been waiting

A Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent Not Time to be Dead Yet So many breaths to breathe So many mornings to watch for So much life to live and peace to seek So much light to follow Not time to be dead yet Ezekiel is standing in a valley of bones, and God asks him the most honest question in all of scripture: Mortal, can these bones live? Notice that Ezekiel does not say yes. He has eyes. He can see what is in front of him — dry, scattered, the residue of a people who hav

A Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Lent For Once You Were in Darkness I once was in darkness My grief never-ending Now my cup overflows My days were all sadness Under its weight I was bending I once was in darkness You shattered my weariness My brokenness mending Now my cup overflows I had lived in a blindness Of my own wending I once was in darkness Having not shared aloneness Their concern condescending Now my cup overflows I am blessed by your kindness A lamb you are te

A Reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent photo by bader Abdullah on Unsplash We Are a Quarrelsome Bunch We are a quarrelsome bunch Always wanting proof of love Always doubting, maybe not the gifts But the motive of the giver Always claiming faithfulness Without having faith Always testing and therefore testy   Expecting disappointment Revelling in need But even as we weary God The proof of love is all around Surrounded by the gift of life We are loved beyond all sense I Am,

A Reflection for the Second Sunday of Lent photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash A World So Loved We think we are in this world to wait To wait for another world A better world A more just world And so on we go, waiting Only to realize that  This world already exists It is already been gifted  We, however, view it as from below Imagine what it would look like from above Get up and do not be afraid Lift your eyes and your imaginations Go from your here to a there  not yet even dre

A Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent photo by Priscilla Du Preez ca on Unsplash It’s Tempting To want to be more guaranteed of safety the smartest one in the room the author of my own destiny of destiny itself It is so tempting, but not ours to have Instead, we have choice choices to make paths to follow or not and a model, a guide, to follow The garden was beautiful. Everything provided, everything good — and still, the serpent found a foothold in the one thing that was

photo by Damiel Gotko from Unsplash He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us...

The members of our church include two individuals who have undergone heart transplants. This weekend, one of them received a second ...

meditation on Easter Sunday Psalm 118: 1-2; 14-24; Acts 10: 34-43; 1 Corinthians 15: 19-26; John 20: 1-18; Luke 24: 1-12 Easter Sunrise...

Meditation on Good Friday Isaiah 52: 13-53:12; Psalm 22; Hebrews 10: 16-25; John 18 :1-19:42 Photo by Russell Willis Later, knowing...

Meditation on Maundy Thursday Psalm 116: 1-2; 12-19; 1 Corinthians 11: 23-26; John 13: 1-17; 31b-35 Photo by Debby Hudson Maundy...

Meditation on Palm/Passion Sunday Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 39:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 19:28-40; (Luke 22:14-23:56) Palm/Passion...

Meditation for the Fifth Sunday in Lent Isaiah 43: 16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3: 4b-14; John 12: 1-8 Six days before the Passover,...

Meditation for the Fourth Sunday of Lent Joshua 5:9-12; Psalm 32; 2 Corinthians 5:16-20; Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 So if anyone is in Christ,...

Meditation for the Third Sunday of Lent Isaiah 55: 1-9; Psalm 63: 1-8; I Corinthians 10: 1-13; Luke 13: 1-9 Many of us believe that if...

Meditation on the Second Sunday of Lent Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Psalm 27; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 9:37-48a "Surprise!" If you look...

Meditation on the First Sunday of Lent Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 91: 1-2, 9-16; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13 photo by Patrick Fore...

Photo by Ahna Ziegler from Unsplash The early Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord's passion and resurrection,...