When I learned that Vienna has some of the most beautiful Easter markets in Europe, there was no question in my mind that that was where we would go for Easter weekend. It was incredibly strange for this pastor’s heart to spend these great three days being a tourist even if it was a littleContinue reading “Adventures in Vienna with Toddlers at Easter”
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Pandemic Prayers for Easter Sunday
Since it all began in Ukraine, I have been thinking about this poster. I’ve been thinking about it as my husband works longer hours trying to bring peace to the world. I’ve been thinking about it as I try to figure out how to share these new stressors and worries to my young girls. DoContinue reading “Pandemic Prayers for Easter Sunday”
Another Lent in Coronatide
Lent begins again in a few short weeks. Those few green Sundays between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday always seem to go by so quickly. There are eight whole weeks this year where it might be possible to relish in this in-between time but it still feels so fast when everything else feels rushed. And itContinue reading “Another Lent in Coronatide”
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 the care of every beloved child of God. Sometimes, different is good. It invites usContinue reading “An Easter Pageant for a Pandemic Year”
Waiting for Resurrection in Coronatide
Easter will come just as it has every year before because resurrection is promised. It happens even when we cannot fully comprehend its possibility. Resurrection still happens. I have been thinking a lot about hope this Lent. I’ve been thinking about its texture and its sensation. It can come to live inside us and itContinue reading “Waiting for Resurrection in Coronatide”
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 here in West Texas and it actually stuck around for a day or two butContinue reading “Recipe for Resurrection Awe Strolls”
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 to speak to what I believe right now, but I also wanted to provide someContinue reading “Pandemic Easter Affirmations”
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 read my newsletter, you might have caught on to the fact that I have hadContinue reading “Recipe for a Pandemic Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt”
Pandemic Prayers for Easter 6A
When this all started, there were lots of reflections about God’s absence. It wasn’t my experience. I didn’t feel like God had given up or disappeared anymore than I felt like God had brought this pandemic upon the global community. It’s eight or nine or fifty-two weeks later and I’m not quite sure I haveContinue reading “Pandemic Prayers for Easter 6A”
Pandemic Prayers for Easter 5A
I join the circle of preachers who have expressed their familiarity with this text at the graveside. It’s the Gospel Lesson I always choose when the family doesn’t steer me in another direction, not because of the many mansions or rooms but for what it says about grief. I love the repetition that Jesus holdsContinue reading “Pandemic Prayers for Easter 5A”
Cooking with Elsa 