Believer and wanderer

Two Advent offerings for today. First, a poem by Madeleine L’Engle: THE GLORY Without any rhymeWithout any reasonmy heart lifts to lightin this bleak season Believer and wanderercaught by salvationstumbler and blundererinto Creation In this cold blightwhere marrow is frozenit is God’s timemy heart has chosen In paradox and storyparable and laughterfind I the gloryhereContinue reading “Believer and wanderer”

Widen my imagination

Last night I attended the first Advent service of the season. It was to feature my favorite liturgy, the Holden Village Evening Prayer service created by Marty Haugen. My daughter and I braved 60 mile-an-hour winds as we entered the sanctuary. The lights went out twice in short bursts as we settled in, finally zappingContinue reading “Widen my imagination”

Good. Clean. Fun.

I must begin this post with a confession: I’m not a shopper. I don’t keep up with fashion trends. I have two pair of adult high heels, one of which I got for my rehearsal dinner 26 years ago. If I do find myself in a gift store, I can’t summon a single name ofContinue reading “Good. Clean. Fun.”

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sometimes we just need to laugh at ourselves. This video should help. It’s a classic dinner table scene from the comic satire I HEART Huckabees. I think you’ll recognize a lot of the faces. As we gather around the table this week, let’s remember to be thankful for all the different points of view thatContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving!”

Don’t believe everything you hear on TV

A friend posted a wonderful article this week on what she calls the 1% media spin on Christians. If we are to believe what we hear on TV (or in the blogsphere), Christians are essentially an angry, self-righteous, narrow, finger-wagging mob that seems oddly concerned with amassing money for themselves while withholding it from theContinue reading “Don’t believe everything you hear on TV”