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This parable has always unnerved me.  Ten bridesmaids await the groom.  Five have oil for their lamps; five don’t.  The bridegroom is delayed; the bridesmaids fall asleep.  At midnight, there’s a shout:  “Look!  The bridegroom!  Come meet him.”  All ten … Continue reading →

I got called up for jury duty this week.  I do love these civic processes–voting, working the polls, responding to a jury summons.  It reminds me that I’m part of a larger whole—often, with people who are quite different from … Continue reading →

            Anybody tired of campaign ads yet?  Every year when the ads begin, I’m hopeful.  The first ads name the issues and explain how candidates plan to address them.  Then somebody’s poll numbers slip and–they’ll tell an interviewer– “I didn’t … Continue reading →

Today’s passage from Philippians was written by the Apostle Paul in the 1st c.  Like most of Paul’s letters, this one addresses a key topic for Paul:  how to do Christian community well. In Paul’s day, community was unavoidable.  With … Continue reading →

Today, along with Kailash Satyarthi of India, Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  In 2012 when she was 15, Malala was shot in the head by a member of the Taliban.  Miraculously, she was not killed. … Continue reading →

Here’s a letter to the Emory community (I’m an Emory grad, so I was included in the mass email) by President James Wagner after Sunday morning’s anti-semitic attack on an historically Jewish fraternity on campus. I do not understand why … Continue reading →

Notes for Today’s Worship Service (9/28/14) Song: Our Own Backyard was written by some very wise third graders…. with a little help from folk singer John McCutcheon.  John has produced 36 albums and currently is working on his 37th—a tribute … Continue reading →

Play video: We Made History, about the People’s Climate March  (www.peoplesclimate.org)  One of the people in that crowd of 400,000 was my new friend from songwriting camp, Doug Hendren.  We’ll see a video and hear a song by Doug during … Continue reading →

September 21–the first day of autumn.  As trees molt their leaves, as hostas and other flowering shrubs go to ground, as grass turns brittle and pale, as mosquitos go wherever it is they go (thank goodness!)…we are reminded of the … Continue reading →

It is so good to be back in this place. I have missed you! I can’t wait to tell you about my adventures—and maybe a few of the misadventures. And I can’t wait to hear about yours! But, oh my … Continue reading →