writing small. making things with yarn. trying to have faith.
I can go a little overboard when I get started talking about things I’m into—and I am into yarn. So when my pastor asked me to talk about yarn and weaving in church this morning, I knew I would need to be careful. Because I could talk about weaving as a theological metaphor all day long.… Continue reading The Works of Our Hands (A Reflection for Labor Day)
Sermon based on the RCL readings for July 21, 2024, especially Mark 6:30-56, and inspired by the chapter on "Encircling" in the book The Soul's Slow Ripening by Christine Valters Painter. "Round" rock at a labyrinth, St. Louis, MO There used to be a quiz show on NPR called “Whad’ya Know?”—it started forever ago, in… Continue reading The Good Shepherd at Work
Just about a week ago, my family gathered in Kansas City, Missouri, to celebrate Christmas—but more importantly, to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. Christmas comes but once a year, as the saying goes, but a golden anniversary is once in a lifetime and only then if you’re lucky. So I hope Baby Jesus will forgive our skewed priorities just this… Continue reading Living in Pattern (Isaiah 42:1-9)
Today's reading: Matt. 13:31-35, 44-52About three and a half years ago, we found out we’d be moving to Beaufort, South Carolina... and I started reading Pat Conroy.This is what we readers do: we use books to go places, the places we never expect to visit and also the places we have to learn to think… Continue reading The Most Powerful Words
a moving yarn: 