Freedom for Fear and Shame: Grace in our Lives-A Sermon from July 21,2013
I don’t think it is a coincidence that the most common command in the bible is “do not be afraid.” And yet fear is a very real force in all of our lives and it causes us to do some things we are often...
View ArticleAn Authentic People: Being the Body of Christ- A Sermon from July 28, 2013
Aime Nicolas Morot, Le bon Samaritain (1880) Last week I talked about who we are, that at our root we are baptized children of God, marked with the cross of Christ and sealed by God’s Holy Spirit. That...
View ArticleThe Unforced Rhythms of Grace
Jozsef Somogyi’s statue of the Tired Man in Mako, Hungary It is not the unreachable bar of perfection that we strive to attain day after day The unending race to outpace our neighbors, our competitors...
View ArticleLittle Faith Ones
Extract of Herbert Boeckl’s fresco “Saint Peter’s rescue from the Lake Galilee” inside the cathedral of Maria Saal, Carinthia, Austria Do we enter into the storms of life under the judging eyes of...
View ArticleGracefully Unfair
The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, Codex Aureus Epternacensis, 11th Century It’s not fair, this may be what I signed up for but it’s not fair That in this crazy mixed up world of grace the...
View ArticlePsalm 5- The God Who Hears and Protects
Gustave Dore, David Mourning Absalom (1866) Psalm 5 <To the leader: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.> Give ear to my words, O LORD;give heed to my sighing. 2 Listen to the sound of my cry, my...
View ArticleLiving Brave Semester Reflection 1- Central Values
I have found Brené Brown’s work incredibly helpful in my personal and professional life and I am excited to be taking part in her Living Brave semester. In addition to the exercises I wanted to...
View ArticleLiving Brave Week 6- Manifesto
So for the final exercise of the first have of the Living Brave semester which closes out Daring Greatly, we were challenged to create a manifesto to help us stay true to our core values. I put mine...
View ArticlePsalm 33 The Earth is Full of the Steadfast Love of God
Earth at Sunrise from:https://wallup.net/planet-earth-lights-sunrise-europe/ Psalm 33 1 Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous. Praise befits the upright. 2 Praise the LORD with the lyre; make melody to...
View ArticlePsalm 36: The Way of God and the Way of the Wicked
Olympic Mountains, image from https://www.flickr.com/photos/rvwithtito/4292527776 Psalm 36 <To the leader. Of David, the servant of the LORD.> 1 Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in their...
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