“We live on only one side of the world,” Kenneth Patchen concluded his poem. ”Through the flames I can see the lowered faces of creatures that watch us in amused love. We live on only one side … [Read more...]
What about grief?
This is overly autobiographical but I mean it as an illustration. It points toward something true for all of us, especially right now. I learned about the covert nature of grief the hard way. I … [Read more...]
Good at right-angle with good
A video version is found at the end of the sermon text I have a friend who, with a younger wife, had his first child at age 49. He was both joyful and anxious in anticipation of having kids in … [Read more...]
A blushing request
subversivepreacher.org is first and foremost, a ministry. Honestly, it is only a ministry. By ministry I mean literally the meaning of the two Greek words that compose its root: to be sent and to … [Read more...]
While waiting for angels
Photographer, Tracy Genovese, and I were overcome with restlessness at the same time. Our pandemic agitation led to a collaboration between poet and visual artist. Because it is was almost Lent, the … [Read more...]
Don’t wait for the angels…
Scroll down for Video version I’m starting all over again. This is a second stab at a sermon, the first one just didn’t seem right. It may have been okay if we weren’t in our eleventh month of … [Read more...]
A Shot at Connecting
“I got mine.” It sounds like an awful personal injury law firm commercial in which a supposed client crows at getting a financial settlement, as if it was a birthright. But instead, I am referring to … [Read more...]
You
The video format of this sermon can be found by scroll to the end of the text Today is the Last Sunday of Epiphany and this is a reflection on the “Transfiguration” story in the gospel of … [Read more...]
Fear
“noun: fear; an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat...a feeling of anxiety concerning...safety and well-being... … [Read more...]
Sneaking out the back door
TEXTS Dove that ventured outside by Rainer Maria Rilke Dove that ventured outside, flying far from the dovecote: housed and protected again, one with the day, the night, knows what … [Read more...]
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