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Sunday while introducing the Offering, I surprised myself by calling the Passion narrative a love story.  Then I remembered a statement someone made in a prayer group the week before:  “It’s not so much that God loved the world and … Continue reading →

A musical meditation for Holy Week Monday.

God is still speaking…has been from the beginning of time.  God spoke, and creation came into being.  After the flood, God spoke again, making covenant with all people and creatures of earth.  Later, God makes covenant with Abraham, promising numerous … Continue reading →

This morning’s reading from Numbers is one of many ‘complaining-in- the-wilderness’ stories in the Bible. How quickly and repeatedly the Hebrews who had been delivered out of slavery in Egypt, by the hand of God, no less, started romanticizing about … Continue reading →

March 8, 2015   (Lent 3 – B)                                                               “The Ten Covenants” Exodus 20:1-17 In seventh grade Social Studies class in my hometown in Florida, our assignment was to write a report on one of the … Continue reading →

As we gather at table today, I invite us to remember these words of Archbishop Desmond Tutu: “We must not make the mistake of judging other faiths by their least attractive features or adherents.”  “We should want to deal with … Continue reading →

Thanks to the internet, images of atrocities committed in the name of religion are becoming common-place–the picture of Kayla Mueller; the rallies in Paris and Copenhagen to honor those killed by radicalized militants; the arraignment of the man in Raleigh, … Continue reading →

God said to Noah, There’s gonna be a floody, floody…  the animals going into the ark by twosies, twosies and coming out by threesies, threesies… The rainbow in the sky.  God’s promise never to destroy the earth again.  It’s a … Continue reading →

Tuesday night, I attended a panel discussion at the Carter Center: “Combating Violence and Discrimination against Women and Girls and Promoting Peace.” Four people made up the panel, three women—a medical doctor from Libya, an attorney from Nigeria, and an … Continue reading →

I don’t get ISIS. At all. I can’t comprehend such disregard for the dignity of human life. I can’t imagine the devastating impact on the victims of the atrocities ISIS is committing. I don’t want to live in a world … Continue reading →