What a set of readings we have this Sunday! I love being part of a liturgical tradition that has a lectionary, that's the appointed readings for each day and each Sunday. I like having appointed readings because then I don't have to think about what we're going to read at the Chapel, I can prepare … Continue reading How? →

About a week ago, Christian Twitter exploded. One would have thought Jesus had returned or that Christians had learned God had intended for the Gentiles to keep kosher, and thus, no more bacon cheeseburgers for us. But no, it all started with tweet from Union Seminary: Today in chapel, we confessed to plants. Together, we … Continue reading Forgive us →

Recently I was riding my bike, and I started to think about how roads are a lot like our lives, spiritual and otherwise. In case you've never ridden a bicycle around Lexington, KY, it is a special treat of angry drivers yelling at you to "Share the road!" (I'm allowed to use the whole lane … Continue reading Steel Plates →

I got to do a lot of really cool stuff this summer. I went to a couple of conferences, got to spend some time at the Monastery I used to work at, I took a vacation to Cape Breton in Canada, and I got to see an art exhibit about Burning Man. In case you're … Continue reading Decommodify just a little →

Day 11 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All … Continue reading Thy Kingdom Come, Day 11 →

Day 10 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a … Continue reading Thy Kingdom Come, Day 10 →

Day 9 Jesus called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts; but to wear sandals and not to put on two tunics. He said to … Continue reading Thy Kingdom Come, Day 9 →

Day 8 But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’ Jesus replied, ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when … Continue reading Thy Kingdom Come, Day 8 →

Day 7 You shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. Leviticus 19.18 Part two of Jesus' summary of the Torah teaches us as much as the first part. If you look throughout the Bible and any time God's Word is revealed, God spends as much time, and in many cases more time, showing … Continue reading Thy Kingdom Come, Day 7 →

Day 6 Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, … Continue reading Thy Kingdom Come, Day 6 →