hooded
We all have our themes; things to which we go back over and over again as if those people around us haven’t heard the thousand times we have said that…
ambition
Jesus models a lot of things, but ambition seems not to be one. There will be ambition in any organization and of course the church adds fuel to the fire…
chosen
Baptismal scene from St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Denver which was, at one time, the reredos of St. Martin's Chapel of St. John's Cathedral, Denver Sermon for January 8,…
Callings
It is 6:00 am in Marrakech and there are five different minarets all calling the people nearby me to prayers. They seem to be competing- a cacophony of singing and…
unexpected things
My teacher here is named Abdu. He asked me to meditate on this passage from Rumi as we drove three hours across Morocco to the coast. He said he had…
passion
Reflections from the Kasbah in Marrakesh, Morocco “Knock, And He'll open the door Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens…
light shards and wounds
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ― Jalaluddin Rumi When we are wounded in life, we feel pierced, cut, hurt. We may bleed if we are…
King of Peace or Warden of Prison
I don’t want Jesus to come. He looks like He knows something. Even Mary seems worried. I don’t. I want Jesus to stay away. In heaven, where he belongs. These…
An Advent Prayer
In these last days of Advent, guide me to this child careening towards me. Prepare my heart for this welcome salvation. Make my soul a stable. Make my heart a…
advent intimacy
Jesus was born in a stable or a cave, we know that. But we do not know what time of the day or night Jesus was born. It may sound…