To date, I have published 1,040 posts for this blog. It is my largest body of work and the race-less gospel is my life’s devotion to God. It is a sacred charge and a holy vision that I have been given. I can take no credit for the ability to see beyond the machinery of […]
Christ has come! This first Sunday of Advent reminds us that power was found in a cradle– not a crown. Like persons in Jesus’s day, we are guilty of looking for him in the wrong places and among the wrong people. As outlined in his stories, Jesus came to rearrange and change the order of […]
Perhaps, this post is self- serving but I want to remember that some one was praying for me tonight as I sit in Starbucks reviewing tomorrow’s sermon. I want to remember Martha Spong’s prayer of intercession for pastors. She prays: Lord, it’s quick, this one day between Christmas and Sunday, and in it, we are […]
Today, remember the Unexpected God, Who shows up in places and among people unaccounted for, Who comes in ways not socially acceptable, unplanned and impractical, Who came to an unwed teenage girl and Who comes to us each day in the faces of our neighbors, strangers and immigrants. As a mother, I am especially grateful for […]
Baby Jesus is on display. Well, he is somewhere around here. Maybe Jesus is under the Christmas tree. Hopefully, he was not trampled under foot of one of the reindeer. Has anyone seen Jesus? In America’s capitalization and commercialization of his birth, it is easy to lose Jesus, to not only forget the reason but […]