Texts: "What I have Learned So Far" by Mary Oliver: Mark 4:26-34: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+4%3A26-34&version=NRSV Even though I grew up in Indiana and the flat … [Read more...]
An Act of Will, and an Art of the Mind
This post originated as a column in the feature, "Denim Spirit," published by The Finger Lakes Times … [Read more...]
Mysticism, and a Little Something Else
TEXTS FOR PREACHING Wisdom of Solomon 6:12-13 Wisdom is radiant and unfading, and she is easily discerned by those who love her, and is found by those who seek her. She hastens to make … [Read more...]
NO SPIRITUAL SECRETS
TEXTS for Preaching Acts 7:55-60 Filled with the Holy Spirit, Stephen gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. “Look,” he said, “I see the heavens … [Read more...]
Agents of Hope
I can’t believe I am not going to preach directly from the story about Jesus enjoying a hot oil massage. But as sensually brilliant as that story is Isaiah brings us to the edge of another, even more … [Read more...]
Awakening the Voices of the Wounded Within
“We do not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious.” (Carl Jung) “You do not have to be good… you only have to let the soft animal of your body love … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: Charging the gap of mystery
“Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery.” Full link to Annie Dillard quote: … [Read more...]
Where were you at the beginning of the world?
https://soundcloud.com/subversivepreacher-pods/where-were-you-at-the-beginning-of-the-world … [Read more...]
Gold melts away
Gratitude is the beginning of wisdom, grief is its mellowing, surrender its renewal. … [Read more...]