Category Archives: Lenten reflection

Friends don’t let friends get crucified …

Posted on April 17, 2014 by tam121

Maundy Thursday of Holy Week, 2014. The word “maundy” comes from the mandate Jesus gives his followers on the night of their last supper together I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have … Continue reading →

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Feast of the Annunciation: And Mary Sang

Posted on March 23, 2014 by tam121

Sermon for Wake Forest Baptist Church Feast of the Annunciation in the season of Lent Isaiah 7:10-14, Psalm 40, Luke 1:26-38 Spring in winter … winter in spring … the stormy dregs of winter fit our Lenten struggles. We don’t … Continue reading →

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Giving up the old …

Posted on March 20, 2013 by tam121

I have a hearing problem. An old hearing problem. It kicks up whenever someone says something nice to me about me. Perhaps you also have this hearing problem. One of the side benefits of working in a chaplaincy education program … Continue reading →

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Giving up apathy … or, the problem with pink

Posted on March 4, 2013 by tam121

The State of North Carolina is agreeing to issue driver’s licenses to immigrants who hold Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival status, but is proposing to put pink bands on those licenses with the words “No Lawful Status.” This offends me … Continue reading →

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Giving up doubt

Posted on February 27, 2013 by tam121

It seems a little melodramatic and overwrought to say “I lost my faith.” Maybe better to say I misplaced it … for what feels like years. Maybe better to say I have felt mis-placed. That can be hard to grapple … Continue reading →

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Giving up silence for Lent

Posted on February 18, 2013 by tam121

In honor of Audre Lorde’s birthday (and how amazing is it that it is also Toni Morrison’s birthday), I want to give thanks to Saint Audre for the many gauntlets she threw down, and took up. Audre, you helped me … Continue reading →

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Lenten journal: Ashes, ashes

Posted on February 13, 2013 by tam121

One of the readings for today, Ash Wednesday, is from the words of Isaiah, specifically 58:5-12. Is such the fast that I choose, a day to humble oneself? Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush, and to … Continue reading →

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Lenten journal: feeling fifty

Posted on April 2, 2012 by tam121

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 →

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Lenten journal: Getting adjusted, flying right

Posted on February 29, 2012 by tam121

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 →

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Lenten journal: R2B in Whispering Pines

Posted on February 28, 2012 by tam121

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 →

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