5/12/2022

Cherry blossoms carpet the garden in this Sakura season of resurrected new life. We celebrate with our Asian American / Pacific Islander siblings in Christ the God whose creative artistry tends to creatures and flowers alike.

5/5/2022

The God who promises to love us, never leave us, and live in us also calls us as we are in the present moment – from our comfort, despair, weariness, excitement, sadness, joy, hope, or brokenness – to shout and believe that “Christ is Risen” so that our attention will be drawn to other places and people in need of new life or new beginnings.

4/28/2022

I love the image of Resurrected Jesus sitting on the beach with his disciples in John 21, cooking their meal. In this scene, Jesus demonstrates at least two truths (other than a reason for me to not feel guilty about how often my husband does the cooking…which is nearly 95 percent of the time): First, Jesus is resurrected in body and soul and consuming food illustrates the aliveness of his body. Second, even in a post-resurrection state, Jesus still assumes the role of a servant leader. When Jesus said the Son of God came not to be served but to serve, he meant beyond just the scene with the foot-washing.

4/21/2022

The whispered sounds of Spring have grown into the full-throated chorus of birds, blooms, and budding trees.

4/8/2022

Easter brings the epic love story of God and Creation to the forefront. We know the dark ending of the tomb which becomes a beginning of life and possibility. Yet we cannot settle for what is familiar and comfortable.

4/7/2022

Waving palms from right to left
Waving palms from left to right
Let’s go out in peace shouting Hosanna
Not forgetting who is the king of kings
Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

3/30/2022

Hold the wonder of this season near to your heart – in the freshness of a spring breeze, in the cascade of brilliant bloom, in the miracle of new life leaping forth from the fertile earth.

3/24/2022

Smiles are contagious.
They spread from ear to ear, eye to eye, face to face.
God’s joy is contagious, too.
It spreads from God’s heart through your heart.
Every time you
feed the hungry,
welcome the stranger,
visit the sick and imprisoned
God’s joy becomes your joy.

3/17/2022

Christ gathers us together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings. God is our shield, our protector. So wait for the Lord and be strong, and let your heart take courage; stand firm in the Lord. And the grace of Jesus the Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you now and forever. Amen.

3/10/2022

It was Lent 2020 when our worlds shifted. Someone quipped that it was “the lentiest Lent I ever lented.” Two years later and our lives can still feel lenty, like an extended trip to the wilderness… Except the enslaved woman, Hagar, found and named God in the wilderness.

3/3/2022

My grandmother passed away in January. The last few months have been full of going through the things she left behind. We are discovering Grandmom was quite a collector.

2/24/2022

As we remember the Transfiguration of the Lord, let us ascend the holy mountain with Jesus so that we too may be dazzled, amazed, and astounded as we receive a glimpse of his glory.