searching for space, grounded in grace
This sermon was preached at Glenwood & Canoe Ridge Lutheran Churches, Decorah, Iowa, on March 25, 2018. It’s based on John 12:12-19, 31-37, 44-50 and Isaiah 50:4-9a. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson. Three months……
In honor of World Poetry Day, and in anticipation of Holy Week, I offer you this poem I wrote last year. I. Introduction It’s almost too much The depth of human experience In the course of just a few……
This sermon was preached at Glenwood & Canoe Ridge Lutheran Churches, Decorah, Iowa, on March 18, 2018. It’s based on John 12:20-33. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson/. At this point in our Lenten journey,……
Today I’ll finally take down the last of the winter decorations, the antique sled by the front door and the evergreen garland trimming the garage. They could have come down weeks ago, I suppose, along with the Christmas tree, and……
This sermon was preached at Glenwood & Canoe Ridge Lutheran Churches, Decorah, Iowa, on March 11, 2018. It’s based on John 3:14-21, Psalm 107, and Numbers 21:4-9. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson/. For God……
The appointed psalm for the 4th Sunday in Lent (Year B) is Psalm 107: 1-3, 17-22. I’ve written this poetic paraphrase of the entire psalm to be sung to the tune of My Life Flows On in Endless Song by……
This sermon was preached at Glenwood & Canoe Ridge Lutheran Churches, Decorah, Iowa on March 4, 2018. If you’d prefer to listen to it, find it at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson/. At choir rehearsal recently, our director referenced an article she had just……
Melting is messy. I forget this, in my desperation for winter to release its icy grip on the land and on my heart. Melting is messy. In the last few days, our gravel road has become adversarial. Softened and saturated,……
