Ingredients for Worship
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Pandemic Prayers for Palm Sunday
I have been so lucky to write prayers in this season that I know have been a blessing. Some of you have kindly commented and encouraged me. Some have messaged me and thanked me personally. Others have commissioned me to… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for the Fifth Sunday of Lent
We began the new year with Jeremiah. It was the same chapter even though it was a few verses earlier. There was still the invitation to remember and hold onto what might be coming. We are still in that space… Continue reading
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An Easter Pageant for a Pandemic Year
This year, we have done things differently. Worship has been different and there have been surprises. There are things that have happened in worship that never would have been possible if we had not been forced into online worship for… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for the Fourth Sunday of Lent
I’m thinking about my own prayer life a lot right now. I’m wondering about how I’m caring for the tender part of my soul that needs to grieve and sing and wonder — and it’s hard. It’s hard to find… Continue reading
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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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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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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 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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