May 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Windy Juniper – Wendy Francisco I had a "shared death experience". I just learned that there is a term for it. This was during a season of late-stage deconstruction in my life. In my wanderings, a friend had taught me a format for Native American...
May 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
“But the Bible clearly says…” The shift in the barometric pressure is palpable. There is a storm brewing and it threatens to bring high winds, lightning bolts, and golf ball-sized hail. In many instances, those words are a temptation to step into the ring for a fight,...
May 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
This is where my thoughts go on Mother’s Day. I have had a life full of adventure and milestones that should satisfy most people. I have loved and been loved well, and my cup is full. But the thing that I think is the most amazing, that rises in me over and over when...
May 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dr. Chris Green Today's lectionary includes Acts 7:55-60, the story of Stephen’s stoning. And as Phil Harris pointed out to me, it has so much to say to us about what it means to be witnesses to, participants in, and victims of violence—in particular, the violence...
May 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Whether it is the current pandemic or a tsunami or something far more local like a car accident or a fatality from cancer, it seems these are the occasions in which a certain set of usual suspects emerge, whether online or to a downcast auditorium (more the former it...
