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May 2019

May 28, 2019

Dissolving Words: Saying Goodbye to a Year in the Lectionary

I like how safe words are. I like how words string together and make puzzles,...

March 2019

March 18, 2019

Pilgrimage, Lent, and Giving Up Words

I'm taking a break from writing this Lent, while I go on pilgrimage on the...

March 03, 2019

Into the Bizarre: Transfiguring the Last Week of Ordinary Time

Now about eight days after these sayings, Jesus took with him Peter and John and...

February 2019

February 17, 2019

When Church Doesn’t Nourish: Leaving Church in Ordinary Time

They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the...

February 10, 2019

Following Jesus In a Bar: Ordinary Discipleship, Ordinary Time

Then Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be...

February 03, 2019

The Topsy-Turvy Shalom of Christ: Absurd Discipleship in Ordinary Time

All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. Luke 4:21-30 This...

January 2019

January 26, 2019

Joy In Work (And Work In Joy): Third Sunday After Epiphany

We're in the "season after Epiphany," an in-between moment of Ordinary Time after the feast...

January 20, 2019

Water Into Wine: Grace in the Season of Epiphany

They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the...

January 13, 2019

Unconditional Love and Loving Thy Neighbor: The Baptism of Jesus

But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed...

January 06, 2019

Stargazing for Jesus: Joy and Justice on Epiphany

In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise...

January 02, 2019

Ecclesiastes and Compost: A Liturgy for a New Year

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:...

December 2018

December 30, 2018

You Don’t Have to Fake It: Lamenting at the Christmas Feast

And the angel said unto them, Fear not! for behold, I bring you good tidings...

December 17, 2018

Mary’s Magnificent “Yes, And!” (Or: Submission is Overrated)

I sat on the couch across from my spiritual director, looking at the painting of...

December 15, 2018

To My Tired, Self-Righteous Ones: Advent Repentance

There are strange words on the wind this week of Advent. The lectionary texts from...

December 07, 2018

Sturdy People Aren’t Good At Sudden Left Turns: Advent Joy

"By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon...

December 01, 2018

Expectation: Open Hands in Advent

Welcome to Advent, which launches off every year with a good old fashioned End Times...

November 2018

November 24, 2018

Not Yet: Waiting for Advent in Ordinary Time

I want it to be Christmas so badly. I have never wanted it to be Christmas...

November 08, 2018

Showing Up or Showing Off: The Temptation to Flashiness in Ordinary Time

Jesus isn't messing around today. Beware! the lectionary text begins. The NIV translates this as watch out! Be careful!...

November 03, 2018

Why Tithing: Fearless Generosity in Ordinary Time

Tithing conjures up images of prosperity preachers hollering at little old ladies to send them...

October 2018

October 25, 2018

Fake Prayers, Fake Selves: The Honesty of Ordinary Time

“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked [Bartimaeus]. The blind man said,...

October 20, 2018

Wild God of Wild Things: Job and the Untamables in Ordinary Time

I got very into Job in high school. I was a kid who got "very...

October 13, 2018

The Power of Fables: The Good Place and Job for Ordinary Time

They told me to read the Bible literally. They said that there were no stories...

October 06, 2018

When I Kept Silent: An Excerpt from “Preaching as Resistance” for Ordinary Time

This week, Chalice Press published Preaching As Resistance: Voices of Hope, Justice, and Solidarity, an...

September 2018

September 29, 2018

When Esther Is Too Hopeful: Dr. Ford and the Weariness of Ordinary Time

So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. On the second day,...

September 22, 2018

Betcha Can’t Eat Just One: Spiritual Junk Food of Ordinary Time

Who opens a container of Oreos and just eats three, the official "serving size" for a...

September 14, 2018

However You Come, It’s Good Enough: Nicodemus and the Feast of the Holy Cross

Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the...

September 08, 2018

It’s Nothing Personal: Systemic Sin in Ordinary Time

We're prone to take the healing stories of Jesus very personally. We see the Gospel...

September 01, 2018

Taste and See: Mysticism for Ordinary Time

This week, the lectionary invites us to be weird for a bit, and imagine that...

August 2018

August 25, 2018

Church Shouldn’t Hurt: Lessons from Yoga for Ordinary Time

It isn't supposed to hurt, my yoga teacher said. I disagreed. This is exercise, I...

August 18, 2018

Can Storytelling Save Us From the Worship Wars?

"You can always tell when they're gonna lift their hands," he snickered, looking around the...

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