Sure. The wilderness-themed meditations that I’m following each Lenten week were bound to come back to the Exodus story more than once—it’s the largest, longest wilderness tale in the Bible. I’m a little surprised that the passages are back-to-back, but not a lot. After all, the crafters of these meditations chose related themes, and those […]
It’s possible that I would have had time to develop a full post today if I hadn’t been distracted by words… The combination of smartphone and interwebs means infinite flow for someone who (like Easy Reader) reads nearly every word that passes before her eyeballs. It made for a pleasant, leisurely lunch. And may even […]
When I first became the communications person (read: webmistress) for the Synod of the Sun Presbyterian Women’s Coordinating Team, I learned about #OrangeDay. Started by the United Nations in 2008, it’s more formally called the UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign. The idea is that, on the 25th of each month, one wears orange prominently, […]
From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea [or Reed Sea], to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there […]
“A believing community is always a narrating community.” —Gustavo Gutiérrez, “The Narrator Narrated,” included in Essential Writings (1996). Remember that the newsletter is where we tell the stories that weave us together. —organizing principle for Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian‘s communications, 2005-2013 Dismantling our enemies requires at least three steps: proximity, curiosity, and humility. —Michael […]
I have cast the world, and think me as nothing. Yet I feel cold on snow-falling day, And happy on flower day.
The black cobblestone floor of the Rothko Chapel shifts as if it’s an ankle-deep creek. This is likely an artifact of my aging eyes. I spent some time wondering: why black? And it became the insides of my open eyelids as I prayed though some panels also flowed like water. It could be a via […]
Brighter than fireflies upon the Uji River Are your words in the dark, Beloved
In my Presbyterian (PC(USA)) polity class on Tuesday, we spent nearly the full hour and a half discussing what is now Book of Order G-2.0104b, “Gifts and Qualifications” (that is, qualifications for ordered ministries, a.k.a. our deacons, elders, and ministers of Word and Sacrament). (I’m doing my best not to go deep geek on you […]
—Annie Savoy (character in the movie Bull Durham) Not sure why this ditty popped into my head—today I’m primarily working from home, alone. But it’s not just a wonderful piece of animation (look at everything that’s going on in there!), it’s a glorious exposé of a point of view. C’mon. You know people like this! […]
