What follows is a version of the remarks I gave today on a Good Friday walk for high school students, reflecting on the Stations of the Cross. It’s really an honor to be with you today, and especially an honor to be here at this parish. I moved to this neighborhood about a year agoContinue reading >>
Abundant Light: My guest post at St. Edward the Confessor
I’m guest posting on today’s readings at the St Edward the Confessor parish blog. Today’s readings begin by drenching us in light. In the reading from Isaiah we hear “I formed you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations, to open the eyes of the blind, to bringContinue reading >>
Cry out, full-throated – A guest post at There Will Be Bread
Fran Rossi Szpylczyn at There Will Be Bread invited me to guest post on today’s readings. Luckily the first reading is about being loud, so I could relate. Thus says the Lord GOD: Cry out full-throated and unsparingly, lift up your voice like a trumpet blast; Tell my people their wickedness, and the house ofContinue reading >>
The clean heart: Why I do Lent
A clean heart create for me, God; renew within me a steadfast spirit. Psalm 51: 12 For he will be like a refiner’s fire. Malachi 3:2 At first the denial hurts. It feels like a punishment. So we are tempted to stop, and maybe we do. In time we see how little there is thatContinue reading >>
Tell the mystery of the glorious body
Good Friday one year ago: I had no singing engagements. I attended 3:00 pm service with my mother and we sat near the front of the church. Someone sang beautifully and it wasn’t me and I was envious. I couldn’t stay standing for very long, and though my pain was minimal it was clear thatContinue reading >>