Ingredients for Worship
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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 25
A blind beggar started to shout and they silenced him. They ordered him to be quiet. I don’t know why that is jumping out at me right now. Is it that I have been silenced so many times as a… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 24
I remember the last time this passage from Job popped up in the Revised Common Lectionary. I remember thinking that the whirlwind was how I felt then. I wish I didn’t still feel that now. Still, I went looking for… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 23
For only the second time in this pandemic, I recorded a sermon to be shared in worship. I wrote a sermon and preached it sitting at my dining room table. I sent the children away so that they wouldn’t distract… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Another World Communion Sunday
The world doesn’t feel like it did last year when I offered pandemic prayers for what I had thought would be the one and only pandemic World Communion Sunday in my lifetime. It feels different now. This is the song… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for the Rest of September
I have recently joined the team at Woodlake Publishing to help edit and create the upcoming resources of Seasons of the Spirit’s FUSION curriculum. I get to work with amazing people and bounce ideas all over the place and contemplate… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 18B
I confess to you that I can’t touch this Jesus who a woman has to remind of who he’s supposed to be. I appreciate what it says about the humanity of our Christ but that’s not who I need him… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 17B
They noticed that some of the disciples were eating with defiled hands. Just reading that line sends a chill down my spine after these many months of worrying about how much I wash my hands. We have just returned from… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 15B and 16B
I feel like I should be living with abundance but then I read this. Like every other parent, I am exhausted. I am tense with worry and trying like hell to make the best decisions fo my kids while still… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 14B
My colleague and friend, Sarah Lund, shared on Facebook the simple joys of making banana bread. She called it Banana Bread Therapy. That sounds right to me. I should add Sarah is also a talented and wise writer who offers… Continue reading
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More Backpack Blessings in Coronatide
No one ever expected that we would be in another pandemic year trying to figure out how to safely offer backpack blessings to kids. Last year, I shared a round up of resources and ideas that I wanted to update… Continue reading
Cooking with Elsa 