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Pandemic Prayers for the Third Sunday of Lent
I am trying to spend some time working on Holy Week things this week but I will confess I don’t think that I have ever preached on the Ten Commandments but opted to skip over it. It never felt like… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for the Second Sunday of Lent
I really relate to Abraham falling on his face. I don’t think that has anything to do with the pandemic but the simple fact that I’m always tripping over myself. I am my own worst critic. I am endlessly hard… Continue reading
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Recipe for Resurrection Awe Strolls
Here in Texas there has been a terrible freeze. There was snow and it left a good chunk of the state without power including most everyone in my sweet Texas church back in Central Texas. We did have snow over… Continue reading
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An Affirmation of Faith for Texas
Dear pastors, I hope and pray that you have someone in your life that you can call to say you have no words. You have a draft of a sermon and this week has been another beast so it feels… Continue reading
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Recipe for Zoom Prayer and Pretzel Making
I want there to be lots of fun options for connection and community in Lent. I have been brainstorming ideas and wondering what is possible while we are still online. I want there to be silliness in this season that… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for the Return of Lent
I do not feel ready for this season to arrive. I know that it will be different. It will be less disciplined but no less introspective than every other day since that first case changed our whole lives. There is… Continue reading
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Pandemic Easter Affirmations
I wanted to write a statement about what it means to be a person of faith when everything feels uncertain for the service I wrote for the Longest Night in 2020. I did it partially for myself. I needed words… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Transfiguration Sunday
I love the transformation on this mountaintop. I love it so much but it feels different this year as we wait for what will be. We are waiting for what will come. We are hoping that transformation will come but… Continue reading
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Illuminating the Way to Hope in Another Pandemic Lent
Years ago, and I mean years ago, I wrote this liturgy for the six Sundays in Lent. It was an extended Tenebrae or a reversal of the Advent wreath. I wish I had explained it better in the original post.… Continue reading
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Recipe for a Pandemic Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt
Worship is not the only thing that adds flavor to congregational life. We are nourished by times of fellowship and times of service. As we approach the season of Lent again, I’ll be sharing more recipes for ministry. If you… Continue reading
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Let’s get cooking
Cooking is always about imagination and possibility. It’s about what these things can become together and I don’t think using words to attempt to approach God is any different.
We need each other to find inspiration. We share recipes and try new things. We wonder about what else could work even when don’t feel the least bit creative.
These pages are all about helping each other to cook up some good trouble. If you don’t find what you’re searching for above, please drop me a line to see if we can stir up some goodness together.
WELCOME TO MY KITCHEN
There are stacks of cookbooks in my actual kitchen and probably a sink full of dirty dishes leftover from another delicious feast but my virtual kitchen is full of liturgies and resources to pepper the worship experience in your congregation with love and hope. Find something new over in my kitchen.
“Cooking [up good worship] is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.”
— Harriet Van Horn (adapted)
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