Ash Wednesday Prayer Vigil, 2013 This is week two of Stress week in 7. My other posts during this fast have been: Sabbath from Stress and Enough. “Lord God, almighty and everlasting Father, you have brought me into safety...
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Enough
“Be still, and know that I am God!” – Psalm 46:10a (NRSV) I’ve often heard this verse at retreats, calling us to carve time out with God. While God invites us to this, here it is actually a command. The...
Sabbath from Stress
On top of Qumran. This week’s 7 fast is from stress. Have we ever considered that we over-consume stress and anxiety? The truth is that we do. I (we?) make choices that increase my stress and diminish my ability to...
Psalm 310
Spring flowers in Capernaum Spring flowers in Capernaum Give thanks to the God of creation, God’s love endures forever. who brought order of out chaos, God’s love endures forever. and light to the darkness, God’s love endures forever. and color...
Encountering Sabbath
"People who keep Sabbath live all seven days differently." - Walter Brueggemann, Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now My first post on this blog was about Unexpected Sabbath. Specifically on how Sabbath comes in different and...
Thankful
"Light" and "Life" - on a building at Capernaum in Galilee The last two weeks, I was invited to lead worship at a wonderful little congregation in rural Wisconsin. When I met with the pastor to discuss these two weeks,...
Unexpected Sabbath
1 Kings 17:1-24 Read it here in the Common English Bible. I find myself in a time of unexpected Sabbath. It’s not unusual for a first-call pastor to be looking for a call after graduation. However, my Sabbath comes...