I begin with a little bit monk’s humor. It is the story of a particular monastery that operated with a vow of silence. Speaking was strictly regimented, with casual conversation never allowed. Once … [Read more...]
The Kitchen Table (More Like What Joy Harjo Sees)
Sermon Texts: John 15:9-17 (https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu//texts.php?id=91) and "Perhaps the World Ends Here" by Joy Harjo … [Read more...]
Connecting There and Here
Note to those who do not live in the Finger Lakes: A recent demonstration here in Geneva, against the shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio, was marred when some of the activists chalked ugly … [Read more...]
“From Blossoms” to bread and wine – an Easter season reflection
Sermon Text: “From Blossoms” by Li-Young Lee https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43012/from-blossoms A video version of this sermon follows the text From blossoms - those wafer-thin pedals of … [Read more...]
This is about aging
We have a new grandson. It is of course, joyful and exciting for grandma and grandpa. Even more so for the parents, and on top of their happiness and new worries, exhaustion. I remember moving through … [Read more...]
Seeing the Earth from the Moon
A video version of this text follows below As you may know, if you have heard me before, I like to dig around in the context of the gospel to see if it offers us a good perspective from which … [Read more...]
Beneath the Surface
I have been watching a crew pouring concrete for carports where I live. The preparations for each pour, the urgent rush to rake and finish while the stiff concrete is still pliable, brings back … [Read more...]
To cry over a single blade of grass
For a video version scroll to the bottom of the following text Texts: Luke 24:36-48 and "What the Living Do" by Marie Howe In that poem we heard, Marie Howe is talking to her deceased brother, … [Read more...]
Small Wire
For video version, scroll to bottom Sermon Texts: John 20:19-31 and... Small Wire by Anne Sexton My faith is a great weight hung on a small wire, as doth the spider hang her baby on a thin … [Read more...]
A little more about the sun…
From the waterfront in Geneva, the sun seems to rise from behind Vintosa vineyards. On a clear morning a finger of yellow or pink fire curls over the slope on the east side of Seneca Lake. Light from … [Read more...]
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