Image by Dale Fredrickson by Rev. Kerry Greenhill Preached November 13, 2016, at Lakewood UMC, Lakewood, Colorado Mark 6:1-6a New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) He left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded.Continue reading “Home & Change: When You Can’t Go Home Again”
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Kyrie eleison: on the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting
My heart breaks for the children, families, and community of Newtown, Connecticut today. Although I do not believe God causes or intends violence in the world, the phrase “Kyrie eleison,” ancient Greek for “Lord, have mercy,” keeps running through my mind. In a more extended form, this is my prayer: Mothering God, bring comfort toContinue reading “Kyrie eleison: on the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting”
God of the Whirlwind (a prayer-poem from a safe distance)
Great, generative, expansive God,we live in this universe beyond comprehensionon a planet we sometimes think we own,and we narrow our vision to human-sized concerns:paychecks and home repair, love and betrayal,the silence of infertility or the chaotic clutter of children’s clamor.We forget how wide and unbending the continent,how vast and all-conceiving the sea.Yet our sacred storiesContinue reading “God of the Whirlwind (a prayer-poem from a safe distance)”
Football & Jesus
I am not watching football right now. You probably don’t care about that, but I should explain that currently, the Denver Broncos are playing (and getting their collective behinds handed to them by) the New England Patriots in a championship game. I live in Denver. I used to live in New England. So approximately halfContinue reading “Football & Jesus”
Holy Saturday: Absence Makes the Heart Ponder
As I sit in my comfortable living room on this late-April Saturday and watch the snow falling on our spring garden, I find myself thinking about absence. About the disciples of Jesus, especially the women, who had seen their friend and teacher violently and shamefully executed and laid in a borrowed tomb. About that sabbathContinue reading “Holy Saturday: Absence Makes the Heart Ponder”
Holy Wholeness 