It has been a wonderful Lenten journey and now, on the other side of Resurrection Sunday, I am finding my soul nourished by the expressions of faith so many in our congregation shared with such beauty and power.
Long before we became pastors of this church we began a list of dreams we hoped to use someday when [...]
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This I Believe – Reflections on the Journey
Posted in faith, musings, sermons, tagged community, Easter, Expression of Faith, Lent, parker palmer, Statement of Faith, This I Believe on April 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Peace, peace…
Posted in faith, musings, palestine/israel, politics, sermons, tagged Gaza, Howard Thurman, israel, palestine, peace on December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the passages of scripture that ruminated within me during my two week pilgrimage in Israel/Palestine was this one from Jeremiah:
They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying ‘peace, peace’ when there is no peace.
The violence in Gaza is overwhelming. Neither side is without fault. Pointing fingers will not help. What is [...]
Glory Days
Posted in faith, musings, politics, sermons, tagged Bruce Springsteen, politics, rest on September 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I love working on biblical texts in community. In this case it was through Facebook and the status update my friend Marci posted on Saturday about how Bruce’s song Glory Days might connect to the lectionary texts for this past Sunday. For many this past week was a time to talk about those glory days [...]
blink
Posted in faith, musings, politics, sermons, tagged books, palestine/israel, politics, sermons on June 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So what words come to mind? What are you thinking?
On my recent road trip I listened to a book called Blink. It is a fascinating “read” about rapid cognition and how we make decisions – good ones and bad ones. Part of it focuses on assumptions. When I saw this picture this morning on my [...]
