new, with female hips – a birthing
The whole point of Easter is that God has decided to give birth to a new heaven and a new earth. The question is this: are we observers of a…
Forget the second coming and focus on the second turning
When Jesus encounters Mary of Magdala in the resurrection garden of John's gospel, there is turning going on. Look closely at the text (it follows below). 1. She cannot see…
Resurection doorways
In some monastic, eastern traditions, one pauses as one goes through a doorway. It is considered a liminal place- a place between places. A doorway can lead us from sunlight…
Easter Twilight
This is an image of the windows of the cathedral during the wandering prayer of pilgrims at the Wilderness Eucharist on Easter night. A people meandered around the cathedral stations,…
the Good of Glory on a Friday
This image of Jesus on the cross comes from an icon I found in a dusty little shop underground in Istanbul. It is Russian, late 19th century and is round,…
Fluent in Thunder – a poem for Holy Week
Fluent In Thunder It is hard to imagine what She felt that week. She covers the planet in green, brown, blue and every color of the rainbow-reminder. She waves…
by whom?
In Holy Week we are reminded that we, who claim to follow Jesus, are capable of betrayal. And that betrayals come in all shapes and sizes, all motivations and permutations.…
white loin cloth
Mark 14: 50-51 "All of them deserted him and fled. 51 A certain young man was following him, wearing nothing but a linen cloth. They caught hold of him,…
the vision of hope
This is the icon of the suffering servant written for me while I was in seminary - when I was entering the church. We will be using it on the…
suffering and friendship
Ecdysis is a term used for the molting of the shell of a crab. Indeed this molting is what the western christian church is now undergoing as it emerges into…