All the Wonders

10. You get to start celebrating New Year's early. Advent is the beginning of the liturgical year  for Christians. [ Liturgical  -- from...

Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that he had said these things to her. ...

Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But he...

They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, according to the burial custom of the Jews. ... And so,...

When Jesus had given thanks, he broke and said, "This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way he took...

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so...

Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The LORD called me before I was born, while I was in my mother's...

How precious is your steadfast love, O God! All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your...

If Jesus Was entering Nashville today Would the crowds wave Dogwood branches? A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and...

Bless this day of ashes, this space, this pause. May we be open, May we be honest, May we be mindful. May we be patient, May we be quiet,...

Picture of an Advent wreath It's about time to order your Advent candles and choose your Advent spiritual practices. I offer several...

Loving God, you are our peace; prepare our hearts for your coming. Forge the swords of bitterness into plows of blessing; till the soil...

Remembering my saints this weekend. On All Saints' Day, it is not just the saints of the church that we should remember in our prayers,...

I've loved Advent as long as I can remember. And running across this photo of me, face to face with the Nativity set let me see the gift...

I'm sitting here reading about the world's latest craziness. (What is going to happen next?!?) And I'm wondering where those the nice...

Bless this day When light returns, Love astounds, Life prevails. Bless the grieving, The lonely, The hungry. Hope is reborn. Bless the...

Here in this season of Lent, we are so aware of brokenness in our world, in society, in our relationships, in our selves. And that's the...

Ashes and hearts. Hearts and ashes. The convergence of this day of Sacred and secular. As if we needed a reminder that To dust we will...

I sit on the floor watching a sleeping child. Three months old, she is a miracle of breath, of tiny hands and feet and eyes and mouth....

Israel's strength and consolation, hope of all the earth thou art. -Charles Wesley "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus" Jesus, Child of God,...