Part of healing from fundamentalism is staring straight in the face the kinds of things I used to say to other people as an obnoxious evangelical. It’s… Read more “The Wholeness of the Forgotten Ones”
Category: Sermons
What Are We Seeking?
When the pain of the world filters through my vision all at once, I easily focus on what I’m seeing rather than what I’m seeking. Without thinking… Read more “What Are We Seeking?”
Epiphany: The Showing of God in the Most Unlikely
It’s not so far-fetched, you know. The Magi. Them being occultic astrologers, I mean. Jesus’ entire life is predicated on learning from and uplifting voices of the… Read more “Epiphany: The Showing of God in the Most Unlikely”
Christmas in the Lightness & the Darkness
For much of my life, I was raised in a culture that venerated moving from darkness into the Light during Advent, culminating in celebrating the Light on… Read more “Christmas in the Lightness & the Darkness”
Permission for Holy Rest
It’s odd that we so often need to hear permission for what we so desperately need. Rest is one such hellish need. Sometimes rest seems far too… Read more “Permission for Holy Rest”
Angels & Demons: Do We Still Need to Believe in the Supernatural?
This past Sunday was the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels or Michaelmas (Michael’s Mass). In some countries in the northern hemisphere, it’s a Christian version… Read more “Angels & Demons: Do We Still Need to Believe in the Supernatural?”
When the Powers are Wrong
This week’s pericope is one that has troubled Christians for millennia. Jesus utters horrifying words like “no one who puts his hand to the plow and looks… Read more “When the Powers are Wrong”
When Healing Make Life Complicated
When I skimmed this week’s gospel reading from the lectionary, I rolled my eyes a little bit (my mother would be so pleased, quite possibly declaring I… Read more “When Healing Make Life Complicated”
A Mothering Jesus
This week’s pericope was a long one — John 21:1-19. The disciples are fishing all night long, Jesus waits for them on the beach, there’s a miraculous… Read more “A Mothering Jesus”
Women of the Crucifixion: The Sound of God
I’ve done it since I was young. Focus on the absence of God, I mean. Not that any one group has any precise, theological understanding of exactly… Read more “Women of the Crucifixion: The Sound of God”
Reluctant Mysticism 