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Lenten journal: feeling fifty
Tomorrow is not only a day deeper into Holy Week, but a bit of a milestone day in the life: I’ll turn 50, in real round numbers. A couple of people who love me have asked good-naturedly, “How’s fifty feel?” … Continue reading
Lenten journal: Getting adjusted, flying right
Leap day … a fitting time to be thinking about straightening up and flying right. Well, flying right, anyway. This morning’s pages brought unbidden the phrase a day for adjusting. I don’t know about you, but it’s quite frequently a … Continue reading
Lenten journal: R2B in Whispering Pines
RACE TO THE BALLOT | Real Conversations in Whispering Pines – YouTube. This video is so powerful. I am proud of UCC pastor Brent Bissette, who begins speaking at about 3:54. I am proud, too, of Jen Jones’ even and … Continue reading
Posted in Lenten reflection, Politics, Sexuality
Tagged Amendment One, Jen Jones, Race to the Ballot, same-sex marriage
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Lenten journal: No On One
I spent the day with colleagues and friends new and old in a colloquium on religion and culture, the inaugural event of the Elon Center for the Study of Religion: “Sex, Religion, and the Public Square: Religious Discourse in the … Continue reading
Lenten journal: Making the grade
I’ve got two kinds of grades on my mind tonight. Truth is I don’t really like either kind. One kind of grade is the letter or number you put on students’ work to tell them how they did on an … Continue reading
Smoke and ashes
Spring peepers trill invisible, infinite songs. Redbuds popped today. Students showed smudges And stayed awake for sacred stories Taken apart at the seams. Taken apart at the seams is how these years feel. Submission is the order of the day. … Continue reading
“I have loved you …”
These words came to me some years ago, and gave me enough comfort that I wanted to be able to find them again; so I wrote down where they could be found, on the Post-It that clings to the inside … Continue reading
Posted in Lenten reflection
Tagged atonement, crucifixion, Easter, Jeremiah 31:3, salvation
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Of dogwoods, almonds and palms
The dogwoods are passing their peak … maybe. The blossoms are rusting like cut apples, browning slightly. Today’s stiff spring wind is blowing flakes of white flight. But I am loving this season of the dogwood, too, because the fading … Continue reading
Posted in Lenten reflection, Nature, Religion, Spirituality
Tagged Christian symbol, dogwood, Lent, Palm Sunday, Rilke
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Believing is seeing
I watched a spring snow fall yesterday, flurries and flakes falling on daffodils and dogwood blossoms, tender tulips and sturdy stones. My lover slept beside me, enjoying a rare and well-deserved lazy morning. It is in the moments that I … Continue reading
Posted in Lenten reflection, Spirituality
Tagged disaster in Japan, seeing, snow, spring
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What would Jesus tweet?
I am not an early adopter. (But it’s okay; neither was Jesus. More on that, later.) However, with the possibility of a new position looming on the horizon that might benefit from some adeptitude at social media, I’m toe-dipping in … Continue reading
Posted in Lenten reflection, Religion, Spirituality
Tagged authentic, authentic self, authenticity, Jesus tweet, Lent, temptation, Twitter
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