Pondering the Erasure of Women’s Power
It’s been a tough week for women in America. The leaked draft Supreme Court opinion on overturning Roe v. Wade illustrates how conservatives want to treat women as powerless vessels for the children they carry. This perspective destroys women’s rights to make...
What Life is Mine?
It’s Eastertide. Christ is risen, and among us in the form of the Holy Spirit. We are each richly blessed in our own ways, with food, clothing, shelter, health, meaningful work, and ministry opportunities…the list could go on for quite a while for each of us, I...
Sharing a Daily Bread Meditation on Elijah to Start the New Year
Happy New Year everyone! I pray that your Christmastide (or other holiday celebration) has been a blessing. Today I want to do something rare for me: repost a meditation I’ve written for another organization. Periodically, I get asked by my church, St. Philip’s in the...
Pondering the Community of Saints on All Saints’ Day
Happy November! Autumn is well and truly here in the northern hemisphere. Even if the days are still plenty warm in southern Arizona, the amount of daylight has shortened enough that what’s left of my “summer garden” is no longer producing and I’ve torn out most of...
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