In Solidarity with Jesus and His Mission
Stations of the Cross @ Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala
So we begin on the 40 Day journey toward Easter. My words are insignificant so on this Ash Wednesday I share a poem by Walter Brueggemann: Marked by Ashes Ruler of the Night, Guarantor of the day . . . This day — a gift from you. This day — like none other you have ever given,… Read more
Fifteen years ago I began the trek toward ordination in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Turns out it was part of God’s plan for my life long before I was born. Nevertheless, this trek yielded a new call for my life – to be a Minister of the Church of Christ in the… Read more
An excerpt from a NY Times article: Sometime in 1611, a new English Bible was published. It was the work of an almost impossibly learned team of men laboring since 1604 under royal mandate. Their purpose, they wrote, was not to make a new translation of the Bible but “to make a good one better,… Read more
What are the deepest invitations God is making to me right now for my life? This question is what making resolutions is really about. In my journey it is becoming increasingly clear that I have missed so many invitations God sent me through his Word and Church and Community. So the entry into a new… Read more
Tonight – The Holy Night – people will gather to usher in the newest installment in God’s salvation. In my neck of the woods, this installment will be wrapped in the usual trappings of the season – tree, lights, presents, worship, and FOOD! Yet there is a shroud over all these things that are supposed… Read more
Welcome to A New Blog on an old theme – Reconciliation! Biblical in scope and command, but so forgotten in the realm of reality – family, work, politics. Reconciliation is simply a path to exchanging one state of being for another, more fruitful state of being – particularly in relationship with our environment and one… Read more
We don’t often talk of kings much anymore in the US. After all we have been involved with this experiment called a democracy for a couple of centuries. In this form of government, there are no kings and are extensive guards and laws to prevent even our elected folks from acting like a king. So…
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