These are not ordinary times. We stand on the edge of an abyss. We feel the pull of anxiety, despair, division. Yet there are forces pulling us back from the edge – hope, community, solidarity, peace. The love of God, of neighbor, of all Creation. The love we receive and… Read More »Advent for Creation at the Edge
Life-giving hope has been with us and always will be: In acts of compassion In the resilience and power of community within the web of life In those who do not give up In those who do give up for a time, but then stand up and try again In… Read More »Easter Resources for a Season of Lament and Hope for Creation
Welcome to Lent! So it begins! You might ask yourself, what are we giving up for Lent this year? When I served churches as a pastor, I usually gave up sleep for Lent! But we are here together on this Lenten journey not to give something up (except, perhaps, sleep),… Read More »Lent: a Season of Lament and Hope for Creation
I want to celebrate with you that I’ve published a devotional guide for progressive congregations and individuals! I’ve written this book because I believe words matter. The words we use reflect how we view the world and our place in it. The words we use determine how we act in… Read More »My new book – “We’re All in This Together: Not Ordinary Devotions”
The Bible is full of ordinary folks. In fact, that’s who mostly makes up our extraordinary holy scripture. Ordinary people trying simply to live, and to figure it all out, in the midst of marginalization, fear, oppression, and uncertainty…of Empire. But also in the midst of hope and wonder and… Read More »Advent for Ordinary People in Not Ordinary Times
O beautiful and wounded Creation, we confess we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed… O God of love and unity, we lament the many ways we find ourselves separated from others, from ourselves, and from you. We’ve allowed our beliefs, our politics, our biases, and our fears… Read More »Lent: A Journey from Separation to Connection, for the Love of Creation
A Journey from Separation to Community Lent is a journey.Lent is a journey from separation to connection and life.The steps are reflection and lament, confession and celebration. There’s letting go and taking in.This is the journey we have to take for the sake of our world, God’s good Creation.We take… Read More »Ash Wednesday – For the Love of Creation
We do yearn so fiercely for peace, for justice, for healing of creation, for healing of our lives. We do yearn so fiercely for restoration of all creation, for joy, for a new world to be born. Advent is a time of holding on, in the midst of yearning, in… Read More »Advent for a New Creation
A whole new world may yet be born… God, we need to hear those words! And believe them! We live in such dire times – and it’s been hard and excruciating for so many people for decades and centuries, too, not just in recent times. We have always lived in… Read More »We Will Not Keep From Singing
I can’t say this enough – we are connected to each other! Down to our very cells, to our very DNA – we are created for connection, for relationship. We often forget this. God calls us again and again to remember that we are one, that we are connected to… Read More »Creation Will Dance