Though I have linked many times to the wonders of the Living Psalms Project cultivated and nurtured by my own United Church of Christ, I was humbled and thrilled to offer my own words to this wonderful collaboration. It was also really exciting to have the one and only Maren Tirabassi edit my words. I’veContinue reading “Pandemic Palm Sunday Psalms and Prayers”
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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 me or the worshipping congregation — and I have some feelings about this especially onContinue reading “Pandemic Prayers for Proper 23”
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 that has been at the center of my prayers with each and every headline. TheContinue reading “Pandemic Prayers for Another World Communion Sunday”
Pandemic Prayers for Returning to In-Person Worship
I have hesitated to share any particular prayers for gathering together in-person again because it feels so unique to each circumstance. There is something particular about this experience. It involves a particular group of people. It is the unique story of how the pandemic took hold in that exact location among those blessed souls andContinue reading “Pandemic Prayers for Returning to In-Person Worship”
Pandemic Prayers for Proper 29, Thanksgiving and Keeping Watch Under Pandemic Skies Release
I have already moved into Advent. I made the leap. The Christmas carols have been turned on though I’m refusing to put the tree until after Thanksgiving. It feels like it has been Advent for months already though, doesn’t it? Still, the huge uptick in COVID-19 cases across this nation mean that any worship plansContinue reading “Pandemic Prayers for Proper 29, Thanksgiving and Keeping Watch Under Pandemic Skies Release”
Pandemic Prayers for Proper 28
As in the days before ballots were being counted, music is where my heart is led. I haven’t yet turned on the Christmas carols but I’m close. I’m really close.
Pandemic Prayers for Proper 25
My constant refrain in these days is to bellow “what is time?” I think I might intend it as a joke when it shows up as a blue bubble reply in a text message chain, but I’m not really sure. Time feels elusive. I decorated my house with tons of fake pumpkins (real ones rotContinue reading “Pandemic Prayers for Proper 25”
Pandemic Prayers for Proper 21
It has been a bad week. Can we admit that? Can we conspire in that little bit of honesty? A lot of bad shit is happening. I’m not sorry for my language. I am mad and you’re probably mad too. There are countless things that might make you feel like bashing your head against aContinue reading “Pandemic Prayers for Proper 21”
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 bread, prepare special liturgy and even host special events after worship. The table was alwaysContinue reading “Pandemic Prayers for World Communion Sunday”
Easter at Home with Babies and Toddlers
When I was in my very first call and was still saying I wasn’t sure I was called to be a parent, I led a conversation for the monthly potluck shared by parents and children about faith at home. It felt like a new idea all those ten years ago. Children were supposed to learnContinue reading “Easter at Home with Babies and Toddlers”
Cooking with Elsa 