Day One
January 21, 2021
Is anything different?I walk in the warm afternoon lightA lone trumpet singsOn steps where the graffiti has changedI don't like the differenceI...
Back to the Bridge
Texts: Amos 5, Jonah 3.1-5, 10 and Mark 1.14-20
The first in a two part series inspired by Ava DuVernay’s film, Selma. Originally preached January 18,...
Nostalgia and the New Thing
Starship may have built this city on Rock and Roll, but the Via Ex Machina website was built squarely on the alternative music of...
Journey of the Magi
One of our favorite additions to the church's service for Epiphany is a staged reading of T.S. Eliot's classic poem for Christmas, "Journey of...
Dry Bones at New Year’s
January 1, 2021
If I could saysomethingTo myselfWaking up a year agoThe first morningOn my ownI would say:Don’t be afraidYou are strongerThan you thinkMore capableThan...
Knives Out
Today in much of the world pandemic-constrained New Year’s celebrations are winding down and folks are preparing to return to work on Monday, hoping...
The Stars Are Brightly Falling
Isaiah 40:1-5 and Mark 13.24-37
Originally Composed for Hope Sunday, November 27, 2011. Revised for Advent (General) December 2020.
Inspired by Paul Simon's song, "Getting Ready...
Books for What’s Next in 2021
The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong can be Made Right by Lisa Sharon Harper (2016), Be The Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial...
Gift
December 7, 2020
Snow is falling in DecemberAnd I take this as a giftLeave early to walk the quiet streetNow half decorated for the seasonThe shouts...
Dolly and W.C.
As our minivan wound its way through the Smokey Mountains to Sevier County, Tennessee, home of Dollywood Splash Country, I paused the latest Percy...
