Last week in a NYT opinion column deliciously titled, “After Ruining Mayonnaise, Can Millennials Save America?” the author, Timothy Egan, wondered if the soon-to-be largest generation would save us … [Read more...]
A Bathroom Meditation
This is a cleaning-the-bathroom meditation – a place the mind wanders when performing an unpleasant task. Knock on wood, I have had a relatively charmed life. From a global perspective, it would … [Read more...]
It’s not about the legality of divorce, it is about the nature of marriage
Those readings from Job and Maya Angelou are juicy and wonderful: “We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy … [Read more...]
When Do Wealthy, White Men Think They Are Victims?
Riddle: When do wealthy, powerful, white men think they are victims? Answer: When they encounter the limits of their power, more precisely, when they are feeling powerless. Of course, that is the … [Read more...]
Recognizing One Another
I had a recent facetime call with a friend who is in seminary. She was exhilarated by the intellectual stimulation of learning about the Hebrew Scripture as well as New Testament … [Read more...]
The Healing of a Cool Rain on a Dark Morning
Six-thirty in the morning is dark again, an envelope of stillness as dog and I walk beneath the canopy of trees along the street. No other human or canine life was visible this morning, suppressed … [Read more...]
Old Friends, Jesus & Charles
This sermon is about Jesus and his buddy, Charles Darwin. People might think they didn’t see eye-to-eye, but not so – though nearly two millennia apart, they were two peas in a pod. Darwin … [Read more...]
The Sermon in 500 Words for the General Public (Rather than Sunday’s Version)
I sometimes fear the younger generation will be deprived of the pleasures of hoeing; there is no knowing how many souls have been formed by this simple exercise… “Hoeing” by John Updike I … [Read more...]
Out of the Saddle
I am out of the pulpit this week but an old friend asked me to send her a particular archive sermon, and so I am posting it. This has nothing to do with the lectionary readings for today and is out of … [Read more...]
Just a little ice cream walk
On Labor Day weekend, with visitors from Maine staying with us, we made our way down to the Farmer’s Market and foraged for breakfast while also shopping for dinner. With Finger Lakes roastery coffee … [Read more...]
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