Friday, June 8, 2018
Readings for the feast day of Roland Allen, Friday, June 8, 2018: Psalm 119:145-152 Numbers 11:26-29 2 Corinthians 9:8-15 Luke 8:4-15 In our Gospel parable today about the sower and the seed, we are reminded that we are not in control of the outcome of...
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Matthew 14:13-21 Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. – Matt. 14:19 Doing an examen, which is a looking back in prayer...
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
It took a long time for spring to warm up the north coast, but finally I found myself back in the lake, larger than Galilee, still substantially cooler, swimming. For me, swimming in open water, in the lake or especially the ocean, has become a form of prayer. For...
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
I’ve never been a gardener. But don’t say my mother never tried to cultivate a love of the dirt and growth and soil and plants. She tried her hardest. She lived in the garden and hoped her daughter would similarly follow suit. Yet, I’ve heard her repeat over to me,...
Monday, June 4, 2018
I am no expert on Islam, but I have Yemini neighbors who bring me food every Ramadan, and every Hajj, and sometimes we talk about God. They were the first to offer whatever I needed after my husband died. They are righteous and holy people, and we have been neighbors...
Sunday, June 3, 2018
The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath. — Mark 2:27 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath...
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Mark 11:27-33 We see it on the news quite frequently. Someone is walking or driving somewhere and is stopped and asked personal questions, like “Who are you?” “What are you doing here?” It is an uncomfortable situation and one that quite often...
Friday, June 1, 2018
by Kristin Fontaine In reading for the daily office for today, I found verse 15 of Psalm 31 speaking to me. My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me. ~Psalm 31:15 I noticed how the psalmist made a...
Thursday, May 31, 2018
And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord. – Luke 1:45 Imagine being the woman called upon by God to bear the Messiah – to birth him and to raise him – to be his mother. What kind of woman must you...
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
I have a hunch we are steeped in enchantment, unawares. That just beyond the scrim of our distracted, worried, pre-frontal-cortex-bound lives, are goings on (vivid and undeterred by our inability to see) that we would not want to miss—if only we knew we had choice in...
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
With long, hot days, and endless, starry nights. With popsicles, fresh fruit, and fireflies. With sprinklers, days at the pool, and cool breezes on the front porch. Summer has arrived. The days stretch out. The season feels different. More relaxed. More open. More...
Monday, May 28, 2018
That We May Be Wholly Yours Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to you, so guide our minds, so fill our imaginations, so control our wills, that we may be wholly yours, utterly dedicated to you; and then use us, we pray, as you will, and always to your glory...
Sunday, May 27, 2018
John 3:1-17 Trinity Sunday And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. At the top of Mt. Nebo, just northwest of Madaba in the Hashemite Kingdom of...
Saturday, May 26, 2018
It’s been a whole week since the royal wedding, and interest in the event still seems to be fairly high. All the secrets are now revealed: the bride’s dress was exquisite, her veil was perfect with the dress and also a nod to her new role as part of the...
Friday, May 25, 2018
Daily Office Readings for the feast day of Bede, the Venerable, 2018: Psalm 78:1-4 Wisdom 7:15-22 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 Matthew 13:47-52 In our Gospel today, Jesus talks of the Kingdom of Heaven like being a net that caught fish of every kind. I think...
