Unity
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Relentlessly Decent
Relentless Decency reads his T-shirt.”And are you,” I ask, “relentlessly decent?””It’s more aspirational,” he responds, “but I’m working on it.”The words pursue me: To be decent– respectful, kind, honorable, helpful– and not just occasionally, but, like a dog with a… Continue reading
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Prayer for the Heart of God
Dear God,please don’t let dogma and doctrine,tradition and culture,the desire for comfort and security,the need to be right or to winerect barriers to loving others,to loving myself,to loving creation,to loving you.You are love,and all love flows from your gracious, generous… Continue reading
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A Prayer for Myself, the President, and All Who Read This
Today, grant me a shattering, transformative encounter with you, my Christ, ego-stripping, humbling, overwhelming, overturning. Awaken me to accept that the things I own, … Continue reading
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The Point
When I walked into the kitchen this morning,eager for my warming cup of cinnamon decaf,I found a note on the counter …from Sophia.It started: Sorry we missed you. Figured you were sleeping in because of the gray… Continue reading
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On Disagreement
How well do we disagree? How well do we– as individuals, as a culture, as a nation in the world arena–disagree? Part of maturity,part of an evolved faith,is the ability to disagree with respect, with… Continue reading
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Maundy Thursday
It's probably not your feetmost in need of washing,but let Jesus begin there,and when he's done,you may have the courageto request a fuller cleansing. I mean, he's already here (right?)with the basin,the warm water,the clean towel,those beautiful, gentle hands, soon to… Continue reading
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Would You?
You don't believe; I get that.But if you could, would you? I can't run a marathon, but if I could, I would. I can't sing like Andrea Bocelli, but if I could, I would. We share that ache for meaning, don't we? yearning for depth, craving connection, desiring amazement…… Continue reading
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Advent Grief, Revisited
(for Jeremy and Mason) How, at your end, are things? Christmas just a week awayand such sudden emptinessof home, of heart death leaves us vacant;I have felt it;negative space the shape of your beloved for a timeyou shall occupy that… Continue reading
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The Approach
Advent, and who is this approaching? What hidden self emerges from the woods, the crawl space, the garden labyrinth? What time-hidden, reclusive divine embodiment has Word to give, Word to enflesh, my Word, that… Continue reading
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Veils
Throughout lifeeach lossremoves another of the veilsthat obscure the Mysterywe desperately yearnto see and hold. Some veilsslip slowly from their rods,like so much sighing. Some veilsare torn awayby sudden and ferocious winds,like flashes of celestial anger. Loss hurts so very much.… Continue reading