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Tag Archives: Compassion
Of rats and holiness
I saw a rat along the fence line beneath the ivy, this morning. There was a squeak and a commotion in the ivy and all the birds fled the feeder. As I wondered whether a rat would attack a live … Continue reading
We come to kneel
We have seen Nazi’s marching by torchlight this year. At the center of our response to that must be the lighting candles and singing “Silent Night” … Our worship tonight is not just one of the baubles on the tree that makes up our holiday; it is the tree. Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Christmas, Worship
Tagged Christianity, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Compassion, Generosity, Love, Love of neighbor, Matthew 25, Salvation, Service, Silent Night, The Incarnation, The vulnerable, Trust, Truth, Worship
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We see dimly
It’s hard to talk about Charlottesville. It’s also hard not to. Thoughts on Psalm 70 Be pleased, O God, to deliver me. …..O Lord, make haste to help me! 2 Let those be put to shame and confusion …..who seek … Continue reading
Posted in Psalms, Reflections on the Scriptures, The Word of God
Tagged Amos, Charlottesville, Compassion, David, Forgiveness, Hate, Hosea, Humility, Jeremiah, Love of neighbor, Mercy, Psalm 70, Psalms, Reading the Scriptures, Religion and Spirituality, Scripture, The prophets, Violence, Word of God
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Sometimes it is not our prayer
Sometimes the prayer of the psalm is not our prayer. Sometimes we are not the persecuted victim. Sometimes we are not the grieving penitent. Sometimes we are not the anguished sufferer. Continue reading
Posted in Prayer, Psalms, Reflections on the Scriptures, Spirituality
Tagged Compassion, Prayer, Psalm 64, Religion and Spirituality, Spiritual formation, Suffering
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Tomorrow
Tomorrow would have been my daughter’s 36th birthday. It snuck up in me, busy as I’ve been. But a look at the calendar today, and that number 13 jumped out. Is it really May already? Are we here again? What … Continue reading
Posted in Grief, Hope, Spirituality
Tagged 1 Corinthians 15, Anna Bonde, Beauty, Compassion, Eternal, Goodness, Grief, Habakkuk 3:17-18, Hope, Life, Love, New Creation, Religion and Spirituality, Remembering, Remembrance, Resurrection, Truth
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Thinking in stories
We are creatures who think in stories. Confusion and anxiety reign when we can’t figure out the story line. It locates us. It gives meaning to our past, shapes our understanding of the present and gives direction for the future. Continue reading
Posted in Christianity
Tagged Anna Bonde, Christian Faith, Christianity, Compassion, Courage, Hope, Joy, Story, The Biblical story, Witness
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The journey to our humanity
A reflection as we begin Maundy Thursday Tonight we begin the worship service that stretches over these next three days and walks us anew through the death and resurrection of Jesus. This service not only sets before us the story … Continue reading
Posted in Easter, Holy Week, Our true humanity, Spirituality
Tagged Compassion, Confession and Absolution, Easter, Easter Vigil, Good Friday, Grace, Greed, Hate, Honor, Love, Maundy Thursday, Our broken world, Our true humanity, Religion and Spirituality, Sin, Spiritual formation, The human spiritual journey, The Paschal Triduum, The Three Days, Violence
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Let us pray for wisdom
It’s not possible to remember everything. With time memories slip away. Fragments remain. And the love remains. At least, that’s what should remain. I am heartened by those who turn their sorrow into kindness. I am saddened by those who turn it into bitterness. But I understand, most of us have stood at one time or another at that fork in the road where those two paths diverge Continue reading
Posted in Grief, Hope
Tagged Anna Bonde, Compassion, Drinking and Driving, Forgetting, Grief, Healing, Hope, Kindness, Memory, Remembering, Sorrow, Suffering
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Christ among the faithful
Christ comes into the world among God’s faithful people. It is among God’s faithful that Christ is revealed. Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Christmas, Sermons
Tagged Anna, Birth of Christ, Christian Faith, Christian Life, Christianity, Compassion, Faithfulness, Faithfulness of God, Fidelity, Justice, Luke 2, Mercy, Ministry, Ministry of the Church, Religion and Spirituality, Simeon, The Incarnation, The Nativity Story, The Presentation of our Lord, Welcoming the stranger
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The reign of peace
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. –Colossians 3:15 Continue reading