So here’s a joke, since Lincoln is our subplot today and Lincoln knew there was wisdom and humanity in humor. And it’s a joke Lincoln told on himself. I used…
Sermons
READINGS Isaiah 9:5-7 Revised Standard Version (RSV) 5 For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.…
READINGS Hope ~ Czeslaw Milosz (The World) Hope is with you when you believe The earth is not a dream but living flesh, That sight, touch, and hearing do not…
READINGS Radical Hospitality: Benedict's Way of Love by Father Daniel Homan and Lonni Gollins Pratt. Paraclete Press; New Exp edition (June 1, 2011) "When we speak of hospitality we are…
READINGS Hebrew Scriptures: Psalm 13 1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long must I bear pain[a] in my soul,…
It’s customary to begin sermons with a parable. So here’s one: Just outside a village there was a bridge over a deep gorge. It had been there as long as…
READINGS Henri Nouwen from “The Way of the Heart: Connecting with God Through Prayer, Wisdom, and Silence” Ballantine Books; Reprint edition (December 2, 2003) “Let us not underestimate how hard…
READING “Begin” ~ Rumi ~ (adapted by Jose Orez from a version by Coleman Barks in The Soul of Rumi) BEGIN This is now. Now is, all there is. Don't wait…
READING, Meditation on the Equinox Thomas Rhodes Over our heads, the great wheel of stars shifts, the autumnal (or spring) equinox manifests itself, and for one precious instant darkness and…
Readings: Love is the spirit of this church, and service is its law. This is our great covenant: To dwell together in peace, To seek the truth in love, And…
