That Christmas Feeling
I’m not sure I’m ready for Advent to be over, yet. That seems strange to say, or even feel. But I love Advent’s sense of expectation, of hope, of breathless desire. Moreover, I feel like I’m not ready for Christmas to be here. Not everything is ready at home, I haven’t made things right with … Read more
What to Get a Savior Who Already Has Everything?
There’s a lot of talk these days about Christ and Christmas, and what’s appropriate to say and do at this time of year, especially as a person of faith. With so many going to worship this evening to inaugurate the Christmas season, I thought perhaps a brief word on the subject might be appropriate. One … Read more
The Empty Church
My former District Chair David Perry, in his engaging and beautiful blog, brought this poem to mind for me again from one of my favorite poets, R S Thomas. Thomas’ poetry grapples with Welsh life & culture in the face of extinction, technology as eradicator of the human, and God as enigmatic and mysterious. I … Read more
Preschooler Theology, Part I
Sitting with Ben this morning, who isn’t feeling well. So we were reading out of the Psalms, 118:19-24, and talking about the events of Holy Week. In trying to explain about the imagery of the “gates of justice” and “God’s own gates,” I asked, “Sometimes we go to visit God–where do we go to visit … Read more
