This wonderful conversation between Krista Tippett and the theologian Serene Jones is WELL worth the time required to read or listen--lovely work on the move from grief to genuine mourning, and our … [Read more...]
Response to reading Mark 11:1-11
by Anne Voegtlen March 27, 2021 Let’s say there is a village on our path. Let’s say we are asked to go ahead, to find a colt tied by a doorway. Let’s say this seems … [Read more...]
After Reading the Magnificat: Luke 1:46-55
by Anne Voegtlen Here, within me, around me is a new life I did not seek. Within me, around me, the old certainties have collapsed in the space of … [Read more...]
Lectio: March 28, 2020. From Anne Voegtlen
Text It is clear to all who dwell in Egypt that it is through the monks that the world is kept in being and that through them also human life is preserved…. — Benedicta Ward, on the desert … [Read more...]
In Days Like These
Christine Dudley wrote this poem and shares it with us-- In days like these it’s good to listen to birdsong that awakens with the dawn and find simple pleasures in the new … [Read more...]
Pandemic
Pandemic by Lynn Ungar 3/11/20 What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and selling. Give up, just for … [Read more...]