The Holy Spirit helps us listen…and truly hear.
Category: Holy Spirit Moments
Finding the In-Between Place
We are a liminal people, because we know that that is where growth and change happen.
We Are All Blind
We all have moments of blindness…and are invited to see the world with the eyes of God.
Bringing Christ to Life in the World
We are Mary. We are Joseph. We bring Christ alive in the world. We protect and nurture all that is holy.
Who Am I? Reach Beyond Vocation to Identity
If you always strive to be who you are made to be, you find yourself being better suited and ready to do whatever duties that the world puts on you.
Understanding: Getting Beyond Tolerance
It’s time to stop choosing fear over love. It’s time to stop thinking about how we are different instead of how we are alike.
Speak the Language of God’s Love
Have you ever noticed the collect, the prayer that the officiant says before the scripture readings at each of our Sunday services? Each week it is different and it is thematically related to the readings that have been appointed for the day. These prayers are all encompassing and audacious. They are meant to “collect” the…
Abiding Love & the Journey of Marriage
In the best marriages each person is both lucky AND wonderful.
Christmas Message: Choose Wisely, Choose Love
Right after Thanksgiving, the Christmas music started on the radio (And of course, we’ve been hearing it in the stores and shopping malls since Halloween!). I waited and I waited, but I never heard my favorite Christmas song. The title is When Love Came Down. It was written in 1999 by a songwriter named Chris…
The Wisdom of Welcome
The other day on television, I was watching a reality cooking show called the Rachel Ray’s Kids Cook Off. All of these 11 and 12 year olds are competing to win the chance to do an on-line cooking show and win money that will be put away as a scholarship to cooking school when they…
The Tyranny of Perfection & the Gift of Bread
I’m not sure when it happened… but at some point in our modern lives, and I believe it was relatively recently, we became convinced that being perfect, without mistakes or flaws, was achievable and even necessary. Perhaps, the tyranny of perfection was begun when we created the digital technology to touch up the photographs shown…
The Plumb Line of God: Moving Beyond Politics & Scandal to Holiness
I don’t know if I’ve ever shared the story of how I came to be an alternate deputy to 78th General Convention of the Episcopal Church. The Deputation is elected very three years—a panel of four ordained people and four lay people to act as deputies and another eight (four each ordained and lay) to…
Scattered Revelations 