Even I have to admit, it looks terrible: broken, rotting stalks, bare dirt, no happy winged visitors. I tell myself there are over-wintering insects in there, that native roots are strong, that spring is coming. But right now: stillness, death.
Unless a Seed Falls: John 12:20-36 Read More »
liturgical year
Miss P recommends relaxed bemusement at the strained and unnecessary efforts of some Christians to claw back holy meaning for Ash Wednesday out of the lacey pink clutches of commercialized romance.
Pious Petunia Lifts Us Gently Over a Candy-Coated Lenten Threshold Read More »
liturgical year, Pious Petunia, silly
These candlelit evenings, ancient hope glimmers like a gift,
gleams for a moment, then falters, slips to nothing
in the circling of the year, our loves still unsteady, our roots
still shallow, every promise a whisper of moth’s wings and still
pending.
Third Sunday in Advent: A Sestina Read More »
liturgical year, poetry
Wow, I didn’t know that Palm Sunday was about openness, inclusion, and tolerance. Something to reflect on, I guess. What about that donkey, shall we reflect on the donkey, too?
An Inspiring Message about Palm Sunday Read More »
liturgical year, silly
A journey to who-knows-where to see who-knows-what without the proper supplies. We’re crazy.
The Re-Gifts of the Magi: A Tiny Christmas Fantasia Read More »
liturgical year, silly
I propose that Advent is the time when we are allowed—even encouraged—to be honest about our disappointment, our sadness, our cynicism.
Advent in the Wasteland Read More »
liturgical year, spirituality
Believing in the resurrection of Christ is a little bit easier when you’re standing in the middle of a garden. Which may help explain the long tradition of depicting Jesus as a gardener.
Jesus the Gardener Read More »
liturgical year, nature
The birth of the child is the focal point of God’s communion with the whole of creation. This is the deep wisdom of the doctrine of incarnation: the person Jesus is the crucial stitch uniting heaven and earth, spiritual and physical, entirely and forever.
Glory to God in the Lowest Read More »
liturgical year, nature, theology
We are observing the Season of Creation for the first time this year, and as is our custom, we’ve put together our own liturgy. I’d like to report on how it’s been going.
Season of Creation Liturgy: An Interim Report Read More »
climate change, liturgical year, nature
About a month ago—I’m not saying it was on Ash Wednesday, but it might have been—I downloaded the TikTok app on my phone.
Adventures in TikTok and Teacher Brain Read More »
liturgical year, memoir, pop culture