“Let us break bread together on our knees. When I fall down on my knees with my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me.” (Let Us Break Bread Together, African American Spiritual) Sunny mornings awaken my energies. They renew my spirit. Easter morning in my mind’s eye is the sunniest of […]
Lenten Devotional 2017
Faith Through Illness
So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done. And whatever things […]
Where Was God?
From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Matthew 27: 45-46 “Where was God?” Sometimes it’s easy to see God. In our children, learning and […]
Living Sanctuaries
Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true; with thanksgiving, I’ll be a living sanctuary for you. God empow’r me to be a witness for you, acting boldly, in your name; seeking justice, where there is hurting, off’ring hope where there is pain. When I was asked to do a […]
Strangers
By the time I was ten years old we had moved nine times. We were first in the New York City area, then in the Panama Canal Zone during World War II, then back to New York City, then to Pittsburgh, PA. When I was ten we moved to Braintree, MA. That summer my mother […]
Justice Already Won
I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart. 1 Corinthians 1:19 This passage from First Corinthians sounds like a policy statement from our sitting president, but is attributed to none other than God. In fact, as we read the bible, God as God and in the human […]
Sing Praise
O God of justice, let us praise you in song, word, and deed. Amen
Palm Sunday Meditation
Lenten Devotional by Fran Bogle April 9, 2017 Palm Sunday Meditation Palm paths lead from the heart. Creation cries— Hosanna, save us. Don’t wash your hands and send us to die on a cross. Be brave Speak truth to power. Call out a different name from the crowd. Create safe space. […]
An Atmosphere of Christ
Lenten Devotional by Nena Radtke April 8, 2017 “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.” (John 8:31) The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams writes in his book, Being Disciples—Essentials of the Christian Life, that in the ancient world to be a disciple of a teacher, “was to commit yourself […]
Good People
Lenten Devotional by Ric Carl April 7, 2017 “For in the days of David and Asaph, in ancient times, there were leaders of the singers, songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving to God.” (Nehemiah 12:46) When I think of times in my life when I felt brave for something I’ve done, I […]