Advent is the strangest time to not be in the parish. I don’t find the same to be true in Lent because most people aren’t busy like pastors are busy in that season. But when December rolls around, everyone seems to be in a hurry. There is a rush to get to the finish lineContinue reading “Christmas Blessings”
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New Year Epiphanies
There is a lot that we hope for in this new year. There is so much we hope for that I dared to tag this worship service with the audacious claim that this worship might end the pandemic. It won’t. Of course, it won’t. The news broke yesterday in Germany that this pandemic isn’t likelyContinue reading “New Year Epiphanies”
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 it hasn’t. Not quite yet even as we are starting to ask what we willContinue reading “Pandemic Prayers for Transfiguration Sunday”
Pandemic Prayers for Epiphany 5
The other night I read such encouraging words from the editors of the New York Times reminding us again that we shouldn’t get caught up in the ineffectiveness of the vaccine. It’s not even infections that scientists are worried about with such things, but their focus is on the tally of deaths and hospitalizations. ThoseContinue reading “Pandemic Prayers for Epiphany 5”
Pandemic Prayers for Epiphany 4
Healings just feel like a weird thing to explore right now. Many of us are refreshing our browsers wondering when we can get in line to get the vaccine. Or we are eagerly seeking out that first dose for a loved one. We are not amazed, but we are asking each other, “What is this?”Continue reading “Pandemic Prayers for Epiphany 4”
Pandemic Prayers for Epiphany 3
I am really excited when poetry takes the national stage. I was surprised when it happened in the beginning of the pandemic. Major news outlets started sharing poems chosen by their editors to speak this moment. Poetry became popular while we have been home in our pajamas. It happens every four years — or nearlyContinue reading “Pandemic Prayers for Epiphany 3”
Pandemic Prayers for Baptism of Christ
I love this Sunday. I have been known to do some really silly things in worship because I love the joy of remembering this wonderful and strange ritual we share where we remember we are God’s beloved. And so I want to make this Sunday special. I want there to be unique things that doContinue reading “Pandemic Prayers for Baptism of Christ”
Pandemic Prayers for Epiphany
A new year dawns. 2020 is over. That is the hope that we have put all of our energy into as we count down the last few days of this wretched pandemic year. We are waiting even after Advent is over. We are waiting for what is still to come. Maybe this will be theContinue reading “Pandemic Prayers for Epiphany”
Cooking with Elsa 