Prayer
"It doesn't have to be the blue iris", the poet says. Prayer, that is. It doesn't have to be, but it could, couldn't it, in the [...]
A Pentecost Hymn for Times of Pandemic
On Pentecost they gatheredwhile we are still apart;we dedicate the distance,we hold it in our hearts. […]
The Presence in Absence
Image credit: Ascension of Christ by Eddie Guzman The absence of his presence, the presence of his absence, like a palpable thing. […]
Table Church
Something as small as mustard seed. Why Table Church? To be vital in our living and our dying as individuals and as congregations we need to [...]
Holy Week Inhabiting
We are touched by the same oilInhale the same fragrance.Your life, my life,Your death, my death. […]
Palm Sunday: a Prayer, A Poem, A Practice
Palm Sunday by Kai Althoff A Palm Sunday Prayer Holy OneYou ride through this lifeon the bony back of our stories,on the spread of our [...]
A Hymn for Palm Sunday
"and when the silence rises new / draw us more deeply into You."
Simeon and Anna: Life-Rubbed Glory
It’s evening as I write. All day I’ve been accompanied by two evening figures. They shine these two, not with the untried brightness of the morning, [...]
Heart to Heart: Lent One
I'm keeping company this Lent with a group of wise women. We're considering courage, from the old French word coeur meaning 'heart'. We're coming together [...]