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Wilderness Communion for Lent
In the wilderness of Lent, we need nourishment. We need to know that God is with us and to go as far as to taste and see that goodness of relationship. That is what communion offers. Or maybe it’s just… Continue reading
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Global Prayers and an Agape Feast for World Communion Sunday
We imagine our connection to the whole wide world on this particular Sunday where the table has no end. It reaches out of the sanctuary over the edge of town and across the borders of this nation. We share this… Continue reading
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Maundy Thursday Still in Coronatide
This season has not yet ended though mandates are changing. There are enough voices that is saying it’s over even when another wave lurks. Here in Germany, it’s already here and it’s so hard to know what will come. There… 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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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 13B
We have moved into our home and there is now work being done to install new heaters in our very old building. The wall of the garden behind our home was a fortification built to protect the city from Napoleon.… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for Proper 12B
It happened again. I missed a week. I’m so sorry and I hope and pray that you found words to inspire and delight you in worship. There are so many good words out there right now and I’m honored to… Continue reading
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Pandemic Prayers for World Communion Sunday
In the churches I’ve served, this was always a Sunday people looked forward to. It wasn’t a celebration that they remembered from childhood but it was something that has become meaningful and important. There was always careful planning to make… Continue reading
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Small Pandemic Joys
It has been so long that this pandemic has gone on. I have lost count. I no longer care to count. I have yelled at my kids. I have been short. I have been unkind solely because I have been… Continue reading
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Ingredients for Ascension Sunday Communion
As I was trying to fall asleep last night and the baby growing inside of me was kicking my insides with every bit of strength she’s got, I realized that I had agreed to preside over communion on Sunday. I… Continue reading
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