While advocating for a vision, position, outcome, or mission is important for achieving a known goal, this stance often falls short during a liminal time when we don’t know what the desired future would be or what future will be thrust upon us. The disorientation and fear of a liminal time all too often causes […]
Lenten 2nd Sunday, March 13, 2022
Liminal time and space can evoke fear and lead us to cling to what we think we know. This affects our judgment by locking us into one perspective. When entering into an unknown future, we need Liminal time and space can evoke fear and lead us to cling to what we think we know. This […]
Lenten 1st Sunday, March 6, 2022
Liminal time and space can evoke fear and lead us to cling to what we think we know. This affects Liminal time and space can evoke fear and lead us to cling to what we think we know. This affects our judgment by locking us into one perspective. When entering into an unknown future, we […]
Transfiguration Sunday, February 27, 2022
Witnesses to the glory of God in the face of Jesus reflect that glory in the world. It was true for Moses. It was doubtless true for Peter, James, and John. We pray that it will be true of all of us who see God’s glory in the word and in the supper and who […]
Epiphany 7th Sunday, February 20, 2022
Mercy. Mercy. Mercy. Jesus preaches it in the gospel. The Spirit guides us into merciful lives with the power of forgiveness to reconcile what is fractured and divided. Such merciful living is the baptismal blessing of having put on Christ. It is the gift of the life-giving Spirit. It is a reflection of God’s glory […]
Epiphany 6th Sunday, February 13, 2022
In Christ God forms a new community where the voices and lives of the vulnerable are heard and centered. As these voices are centered, boundaries for healthy community based on love and care for all are honored and practiced.