For being the god who seesYou sure don’t seem to see *me*The prayers and pleasThat pour out from meJust…roll off your resurrected backWhat else am I to concludebut thatHope is a lieVulnerability a trapKeep up the maskIt’s the only way to get through Could you maybe shut up and say something?The silence is too loudto […]
God
Eden revisited
A few different friends suggested that I watch Good Omens on Amazon Prime. It’s funny, British, has a stellar cast, and is an irreverent take on the relationship between good and evil? I’m there. (Well, I’m only 3/4 of an episode there so far. Finishing a thesis and attending Annual Conference really takes it out […]
Absolute love
This reflection came up in my Facebook timeline this morning, attributed to Pedro Arrupe, SJ: Nothing is more practicalthan finding God,that is,than falling in love in a quiteabsolute, final way.What you are in love with,what seizes your imagination,will affect everything.It will decide what will get you out of bedin the morning,what you will do with […]
Transitus
Palm Sunday is the beginning of the end of Jesus’ active ministry on earth. His arrival in Jerusalem, foretold in the millennia before he took human form, sets into motion all of the events of Holy Week. This post is based on a sermon I delivered at Shoregate UMC this morning as part of the […]
My biggest fear [#Blogtober14 Day 20]
My biggest fear is that I will be forgotten. I fear that one day when I am 90, or 60, or 53 and 27 days, I will breathe my last breath, and that when my soul departs the earth it will take every trace of me with it.I don’t fear the dying. But I want to leave something […]
Redemption
Redemption has been the theme over the last couple of weeks at church, specifically the promise of “a new thing” that Isaiah prophesied in the verse above – and actually, if we look back further it was a recurring theme through the month of May. I suppose redemption applies and appeals to everyone in one […]