Call and Response: Litanies for Congregational Prayer, by Fran Pratt (Outpost Press © 2018) Reviewed by Kerry Greenhill Fran Pratt’s Call and Response: Litanies for Congregational Prayer is a meaningful addition to any pastor or worship leader’s bookshelf of resources. She brings the passion of a convert to liturgical worship, with energy and fresh, contemporaryContinue reading “Book Review: Call and Response: Litanies for Congregational Prayer, by Fran Pratt”
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In the beginning…
…and darkness was upon the face of the deep web; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of cyberspace. Sometimes I’m serious. (Okay, a lot of the time.) Sometimes I’m silly, goofy, wry, satirical, cynical, snarky, childlike, delighted, weary, hopeful, and all the rest of those human descriptors. I plan to postContinue reading “In the beginning…”
Book Review: God and Hamilton
God and Hamilton: Spiritual Themes from the Life of Alexander Hamilton & the Broadway Musical He Inspired By Kevin Cloud Reviewed by Kerry Greenhill In God and Hamilton, Kevin Cloud has written a thoughtful exploration of twelve spiritual themes found in Alexander Hamilton’s life and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s phenomenal Broadway musical. Beginning with an enthusiastic appreciationContinue reading “Book Review: God and Hamilton”
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)”
Deacons and Order: A Personal Journey
Posted at Deacons Hold the Bowl on September 22, 2012. Within the sometimes ambiguous and occasionally mysterious world of the Ordained Deacon in Full Connection, I find myself straddling two camps in more ways than one. In the United Methodist Church, Deacons are, generally speaking, called to serve as a bridge between the church andContinue reading “Deacons and Order: A Personal Journey”
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 Wholeness 