Tag Archives: God’s Love

Neither death nor life…

Posted on November 7, 2017 by

There is lament in this psalm, to be sure. The poet cries out against all the suffering, shame and loss they have experienced. But back towards the beginning of the psalm is this verse whose voice lingers: “Happy are the people who know the festal shout.” Continue reading →

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From death into life

Posted on April 8, 2017 by

There is power in the crackle of a fire. There is drama in a single candle in the dark. Continue reading →

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Light for our darkness

Posted on December 25, 2016 by

We are not alone in the world. There is a heartbeat to the universe. There is a song of love and life at the heart of all existence. Continue reading →

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Weeping for joy

Posted on December 20, 2016 by

I will place my dwelling in your midst, and I shall not abhor you. And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people. –Leviticus 26:11-12 Continue reading →

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All flesh

Posted on December 7, 2016 by

I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Even on the male and female slaves, in those days, I will pour out my spirit. –Joel 2:28-29 Continue reading →

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A Covenant of Peace

Posted on November 29, 2016 by

For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed, says the Lord, who has compassion on you. –Isaiah 54.10 Continue reading →

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It’s not simple

Posted on October 22, 2016 by

I am not the kind of person who can give simple answers. I have heard them. I have heard people say them to one another. I have heard them say them to me. “She’s with God now.” And this is true. This is profoundly true. It is the heart of what we come together to do on this day – to symbolically entrust Kerstin into the arms of God. But it is not simple. Continue reading →

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The Big Story

Posted on January 30, 2016 by

Those of us who are not rooted in the scriptures often find them strange. Even the word “God” is hard for some of us. But our confession as a Christian community is that there is a heartbeat at the center of all things, a spirit, a breath, pushing and pulling the world towards justice and mercy and goodness and life. Continue reading →

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A place for sweetness

Posted on December 13, 2015 by

The telling of the Christmas story by children is always sweet. The Biblical story itself, however, is not sweet. It is full of the harsh realities of tyranny, empire, war, refugees and poverty. Still, sweet is good. Continue reading →

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The God of Grace

Posted on October 25, 2015 by

There are lots of pieces in the complex drama we call the Reformation. But at the center of it was the Scripture. And at the center of Scripture was Christ. And at the center of Christ was grace. Continue reading →

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