Note: Celebrating Sabbath is my attempt to start each week with a reminder of our identity: whose we are and who we're called to be. The obvious and only real choice today: the first - and still the best - Christmas song. Yep, Mary's Magnificat. That is, the song Mary sings as she visits her …
Category: Wisdom
Celebrating Sabbath
Note: Celebrating Sabbath is my attempt to begin each week with a reminder of our true identity: whose we are and who we are called to be. I find these word from Isaiah doubly good as they are the ones Jesus references, according to the gospel of Luke, in his first public speech. In other …
I like you and nothing more #StayWokeAdvent
Like John so long ago, and Isaiah even before that, the voice came to me out of the wilderness. (You know, for values of 'wilderness' that include 'bouncing off a few cell towers.') "Hey Pastor Dave, we should play 'Nothing More' in church sometime soon. With all the horrible things in the news lately, it's …
Continue reading I like you and nothing more #StayWokeAdvent
Celebrating Sabbath
Note: Celebrating Sabbath is my attempt to begin the week with a reminder of our true identity: whose we are and who we are called to be. Let's reboot this series with the verses I've said should be our first responder, our top go-to text, our new leadoff hitter: Acts 10:34-35 Peter: 34 It is clear to …
Prayers for #EarthDay
Yes, I know Earth Day was a couple days ago. If it helps, think of these as prayers for Earth Week instead. However, given that the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is already at 400 parts per million - and given that the maximum safe level of carbon dioxide parts per million is just 350 …
All Apologies
I screwed up yesterday. Twice. Within the span of an hour. Twice within one hour yesterday I had to apologize. Not a Seinfeld-ian darkly humorous, "I'm so sorry, George?" apology. Not a Better Off Dead-esque really darkly humorous, "Gee, I'm real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky" apology. Not a CYA, "I'm sorry if..." non-apology …
God in the midst
It seems to me that a lot of us relish these days after Christmas. As much as we might love gathering with family, exchanging gifts, and sharing meals, there is often as sense of relief that, as we often say, "we made it through" the holiday. We breath a collective sigh of relief and relax …
Seeking hospitality
For me, striving to live the life of faith always comes down to “love God and love your neighbor.” That’s why I always say it in any parting blessing I offer. It is the essence of following God in the Way of Jesus (as I understand it based on scripture, tradition, reason, and experience). While …
Women and girls
"There's nothing like having a daughter for turning you into a feminist," remarked a parishioner after a sermon I gave sometime ago. While I remember neither the specific statement I made nor exactly when this exchange occurred, I vividly remember thinking, "I really hope I was a feminist before we had a daughter. Maybe I …
Finding home, living forever
Do you want to your faith to matter? Matter both to you and to the world? Do you want your life to be full, meaningful, deep, resonant, beautiful, everlasting? I asked this in my Jan. 27 sermon. I said that to answer those questions in the affirmative means making Jesus’ way our home. What is …
All That I Can't Leave Unsaid 