Fall in Love
Hello again, dear reader! I hope you are well. I took a vacation from posting here, and like any good habit, it is harder to crank back up after you’ve…
Forgiveness is a Waterfall
Forgiveness is a Waterfall Hello, dear reader! Thank you for being here. This week I’ve been thinking about forgiveness. Asking for it is the very first thing we do in…
Things Fall Apart
Hello, dear reader. Thank you for being here. I wrote this last week but had some trouble with my site. Fortunately or not, this post still feels relevant. Have you…
A Silence Opens
A Silence Opens Hello, dear reader. Thank you for being here. This week maybe you have been involved in more conversations about racism, as I have. It is heartening to…
Juneteenth
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Love’s austere and lonely offices
Love’s austere and lonely offices Hello, dear reader. Thank you for being here. This week I began wondering (again) about the utility of poetry. In a time like this what…
Citizens
Hello, dear reader. I don’t have much to say today. In addition to daily prayer, I’m in a posture of listening and learning. Do you know the poet Claudia Rankine?…
Why We Need the Birds
Why We Need the Birds Dear reader, thank you for being here. Today it’s difficult to process the ongoing toll of what I’m coming to think of as twin pandemics:…
There’s a certain Slant of light
There’s a certain Slant of light Hello, dear reader! Thank you for being here. I hope the spring is glorious where you are. I was tempted to skip this week’s…
Windows upon Windows
Windows upon Windows Good morning, dear reader! I hope you are well. As we arrive at the end of reading Romans together, many things about our lives have been turned…
An Unexpected Door
An Unexpected Door Hello, dear reader! Here we are in May, such a stunning, changeable month in New England. I hope wherever you are you can soak in a little…
Be Our Companion O Lord in the Way
Be Our Companion O Lord in the Way Good afternoon, dear reader. This week a friend asked for poem recommendations “that might lend hope and vitality in this time of…
The Higher Authority
The Higher Authority Good morning, dear reader. I hope you’re well. I’ve often been tempted into silence over the past many weeks, feeling that nothing I can say will hold…
Making a Way
Making a Way Good morning, dear reader, from the fifth or sixth week of isolation, in the first week of Eastertide. I keep coming back to this phrase from the…
Halfway to Wholeness
Hello, dear reader! Thank you for being here. How are you holding up? As my (virtual) yoga teacher said this week, half of the things are exactly the same, but…
Be Still and Know that I Am God
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Radical Revision
“For I am convinced, that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth nor anything else in…
The Prison Epistles
Hello, dear reader. Thank you for being here. You lift my spirits! As a friend just wrote me, “thanks for being part of this crazy world!” Yes! We are all…
Rest in your heart, rest in the Word
Hello, dear reader. I’m glad you’re here. In this moment of global anxiety let’s take a moment to rest in the Word. I’ve been pondering how dangerous daily life was…
The Enduring Trio
Hello again, dear reader. Today we’re reading Chapter 5 of Romans. It’s hard to improve on the note in my Life Application Study Bible (NIV) when thinking about this passage:…
Little Altars Everywhere
Hello, dear reader! I’m glad you’re here. Today I’m caught by Paul’s example of Abraham, whose “faith was credited to him as righteousness.” Abraham trusted God so completely that he…
The Psalms Are an Anchor
Hello, dear reader! Thank you for being here in the sixth week of reading Romans together. As usual I’ll take a little detour into what jumps out at me today,…
The absolute pastures I am led to
Hi! Thank you for being here. In today’s installment (Romans 2:17-3:8), Paul is still hammering the fact that we’re all sinners, and on top of that, hypocrites! We must strive…
The Purposes of Kindness
Hello, dear reader! Today we’re jumping off from Chapter 2 of Romans, in which we’re reminded of God’s kindness, forbearance, and patience. Paul says one of the reasons for God’s…
So beautiful how could we not believe
Hello again, dear reader! Thank you for being here. Today we’re still in Romans, Chapter One. Romans 1:18-32 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven…
Faith and Crumbs
Hello again! Let’s jump into the next four verses of Romans, with a wandering into Mark as well. Romans 1:14-17 As Paul writes: 14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks,…
Reading Romans Together
Hello, dear reader. I’m glad you’re here! This is the first of what I hope will be weekly postings of quick thoughts about the Word, and words more generally, starting…
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