Make Room
“No room,” they say. “All full,” we’re told. “You’ll have to go somewhere else.” What I’ve come to learn that they’re really saying is that they are full. That their […]
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Service of Ordination
SERVICE OF ORDINATION 2020 I wish you knew What it’s like How it feels To watch your kitchen table tyrant wrapped in a red cloak of victory
A Litany for Changing Season
The air feels crisper this morning. The sunlight shines at a different angle. Change is in the air. We feel the change not only on our skin, But in […]
I’m not praying for you.
I’m not praying for you. I’m not praying for you. I’m not praying for you. As if your tears don’t carry the weight of your hurt, and God is somewhere […]
The Attempted Intimidation of Mary Magdalene
This is a poem based on Matthew 28:4, 11-15, reminding us that if the resurrection is for real, we have to #believewomen. You didn’t see what you saw. You think […]
Provision
And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this […]
Should and Should Not: Just Trust
When I began to write about God, I was 20 years old, reeling from the end of a four-and-a-half-year relationship, and still struggling to piece together my faith two years […]
My body is heavy this Advent
My body is heavy this Advent. Mary of Nazareth’s body was heavy too, or so we imagine in Advent. She is often shown so young and beautiful, demure and […]
The Words
The Words Fall 2017 That they do not come is a trouble to me, And that trouble—at times stacked carelessly among other troubles— accuses me, like other aspects of […]
Making a Life from a Living in a Rural Church
They will invite you to live with them, really live with them. Do, if you can. You will learn, in time, a spirituality with a little give to it. How […]
