Devotional

If you are like anyone I’ve encountered, there are gaps between who you are right now and who you would hope to be. You may not know what you want […]

There are tumultuous waves that are too jarring and too loud. They pop like gunfire, they scream like missiles, they weep like hunger, they groan like grief. With every crash […]

Darkness suffers from bad PR. Images of fresh vitality and renewed vigor come with the morning light, while the night conjures voids of cheerful animation. No wonder so much of […]

I pray for the sun to stand still because my “to do” list is too long. I pray for the moon to linger in the sky because my body is too […]

The Bible says God is “up there.” God reigns on high. God goes up to joyful shouts. Raise your eyes to heaven. Lift your hearts to God. God is a […]

It is often said that familiarity breeds contempt, and unfortunately it is true in many cases. People feel that knowledge of our past gives them a certain license to determine […]

I often wonder why God puts up with us. We’re wasteful: with the planet, with one another, with life. We’re self-centered: in our pride, in our needs, even in our […]

Psalm 142 is a prayer of David offered from the time “when he was in the cave.” Are you in the cave, too? Is someone else who you know there, […]

I just finished mandatory racial justice training for my standing as a UCC minister. I’m glad this is required. Many of the (mostly white) clergy in the Zoom room were […]

In 793, Vikings raided the monastery at Lindisfarne in England. Also known as Holy Island, it was the most sacred site in the Kingdom of Northumbria. Desecrated. Its altars dug […]