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Reading the Gospel according to John against itself
A reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
On Jesus and the man blind from birth: disability is not a mark of judgment. Disability does not say anything about a person’s soul.
God is not ashamed.
A reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent.
On Jesus, meeting the Samaritan woman at the well.
Lent as a time to loosen up
A reflection for the Second Sunday of Lent.
Nicodemus, coming to Jesus wanting more of what Jesus has, but afraid to risk it… afraid to let go of what has gotten him this far.
what do you want to be when you grow up?
A reflection for the First Sunday of Lent.
A reflection on Adam and Eve, eating of the forbidden fruit as the deeply ambivalent dawning of adult self-consciousness. And on Jesus in the desert, grappling with what he wants to be when he grows up.
the Pillars of Creation
A reflection for the Last Sunday after the Epiphany.
A reflection on the Transfiguration, through the lens of an experience of awe at the Museum of Natural History.
An invitation to say the Nicene Creed in humility and awe, as though standing before the Pillars of Creation.
If we live it, God will come
A reflection for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany.
A reflection the difference between the law and justice, between obedience and integrity.
An invitation to “believe” as a trust that if we live the way God desires, God will show up for us, and give Godself for us.
What do we want to carry on? And what is it time to let go of?
A reflection for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany.
A reflection on Tina, realizing that she wants to be a different kind of parent than the parents she had. And a reflection on the Gospel according to Matthew, as a realization that some of Isaiah’s vision must be carried on—and other parts can be let go of.
An invitation to “believe” as an intentional expansion of the ways we were taught to believe.
Come and see: the real deal
A reflection for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany.
A reflection on the witness of Jesus in response to the politics of spectacle invoked by the Trump Administration. And a further invitation to say the Nicene Creed, this week as a protest song, as a freedom song.
Elizabeth, floating
A reflection for the Baptism of our Lord.
And the first in a series about what it might me to “believe.” So we build toward an invitation to try on one way of saying the Nicene Creed.
The Journey of the Magi: “I should be glad of another death…”
A reflection for the second Sunday after Christmas—and looking ahead to Epiphany.
Making God’s dream real…
A Christmas Eve reflection for all ages—including a disquisition on Brio Trains.
Embracing a secondary role
A reflection on Joseph for the Fourth Sunday of Advent.
And—a geeky digression on how we might think about the “virgin birth.”
Wild hopes
Thoughts about tradition as a patchwork: we keep taking it apart and putting it back together.
And for this “Gaudete” Sunday—the Third Sunday of Advent—on Mary’s song, “the Magnificat.”
Feedback from our Community Check In
Sharing some feedback after 2-3 months of growing together as a community—and how we’re responding!
Honoring our Transgender Ancestors - and our trans siblings who have died this year.
Shared Reflection with Ali Dineen for the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Singing the songs of our ancestors, trusting they sing with us
A reflection for the Feast of All Saints.
