A Deeper Lent & *SLOW Word Lectio Divina*
This Lent let’s not hold onto control quite so tight. This Lent let’s go deep instead of wide. Some years we choose on Ash Wednesday to let go of something that has had a strangle hold on our life. Some…
Behold the Lamb of God
It’s when I show up at the Confession on Sunday morning empty handed that I know I’m in trouble. I’ve forgotten the quick cutting down, the self-pity binge, the explosions at bedtime. I’ve forgotten the pride because pride makes the…
Advent, Day 11: What Happens When the Holy Makes a Visit
“Fear not,” He says, but it is too late. I am already face down, fingers grasping stones, fingernails scraping dust. I grasp at the familiar. The glory burns and my knees come in tight. I fold up small hoping to hide. …
Advent, Day 5: And He Shall Purify
In our “lectionary” from Handel’s Messiah, we have come to the fearsome Malachi 3:2-3. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and…
Advent, Day 4: The Call to Empty
Haggai 2:6-7 For thus saith the Lord of hosts: once more (in a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of…