Blessed Are We

This sermon for Holy Trinity Sunday was inspired by a beautiful blessing in Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie and draws on the following lectionary texts for this day:   Proverbs 8:1-4,……

Least: Advent Day 14

LEAST Today marks the seventh anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting. Of the twenty children killed that day, none were older than seven. Most were six. Can we even begin to let that sink in? These beloved ones were some……

Enough

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……

Melting

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,……