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
What is your superpower, she asked My superpower is not me and alone and one. It is us and we. And, God, maybe eventually, Them. Hard conversations. We’re called to hard conversations: bridging the gap between us and “them”, coming together, but not at the expense of marginalized persons, or… Read More »Superpower
To say we are all connected is a real understatement. The “we” and “all” and “connected” are grander and more vast than we can begin to imagine! We – people, critters, rocks, air, earth, fire, water – are connected to each other on this precious planet. And we are connected… Read More »Call to Gathering
We are in this together. We are in this together. We are a community, a beloved community, earth community. The goodness of Creation is real, the holy is in our midst, we are in this together, and together we move through the seasons of our times – the upheaval, the… Read More »Affirmation of Faith During These Times
This responsive reading was originally written for an Interfaith Service of Prayer and Healing following the 2020 election. It was a Zoom event planned and led by my home church (Washington Park UCC, Denver), and First Congregational UCC and Temple Beth Shalom, both of Ocala, Florida. It was inspired, in… Read More »Imagine! A Prayer for Community
I have a pair of earrings carved from the found antlers of a moose in Alaska. Thinking about these delicate pieces of jewelry inspired this poem. And, as always, it seems my thoughts turn back to community, and the need to carve out hope together. And that we all have… Read More »Carve Out Hope
Church has always had such powerful images for connectedness – Body of Christ, people of the table, covenant, communion of saints, for example. They transcend both time and space. They’re who we are. This reading celebrates and affirms our connectedness to all creation, and offers another image for our reflection… Read More »For Comfort and Calling
This Call to Worship explains just why we gather as a community of faith. It talks about work, and healing, and community, and what we are to be about. Together. We are part of something so much greater than ourselves, but we each have gifts and roles to play in… Read More »Called Together