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  • Pentecost in Coronatide

    Packed among the things that are headed to Germany this week are my two brilliant rainbow kites that whirled down the center aisle of one of the churches I served on Pentecost. It wasn’t the first Pentecost that I had… Continue reading

    Pentecost in Coronatide
  • Pandemic Prayers for Proper 14

    This gorgeous reflection on 1 Kings 19:9-18 by Richard W. Swanson has got me thinking about silence. Silence feels all consuming right now. There is so much of it. Or, at least, there is for me. Continue reading

    Pandemic Prayers for Proper 14
  • What Does This Mean?

    Then “there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind.” Other translations describe it as a mighty wind. Or that it was a gale force. Not a calm, peaceful breeze. This wind is powerful. It’s violent so that… Continue reading

    What Does This Mean?
  • Prayers for Pentecost Winds

    It’s Pentecost! For this special day, in which we celebrate the arrival of the Holy Spirit, the Narrative Lectionary has not one — but two readings — including Acts 2:1-4 and Romans 8:18-38. What a day! These two passages came together in a… Continue reading

    Prayers for Pentecost Winds