In this baby, God participates in the vulnerability of animals. God experiences their needs and ours. God joins the ecosystems of this planet and dwells with all living things in our delicate dependence upon one another.
Tag: Luke
Christmas Incarnations
I have been rereading the story from Luke’s gospel that returns to us year after year to find more incarnational spaces this Christmas. Here is what I’m encountering: “In those days a…
renew | week 9
Week 9 | Sunday, July 31, 2022Luke 12:13-21 Week 9 PDF version 1 | begin Start with a self-compassion prayer or meditation. You can use the Serenity Prayer or a guided meditation…
renew | week 8
Week 8 | Sunday, July 24, 2022Luke 11:1-13 Week 8 PDF version 1 | begin Pray the Lord’s Prayer. 2 | explore Journal on your own about your experiences or share with…
renew | week 7
What if we cultivated and entered spaces free of oppressive expectations for Marys and Marthas in our world? What if these spaces did not liberate Marys by overworking Marthas but ended the false scales used against both?
renew | week 6
Why might neighbor love be the ultimate commandment? Because love matters. Love means life. Love makes us neighbors for one another and knits our lives together.
renew | week 5
If you are wondering how to fit doing Christianity into your week when everything is already stressful enough and adding one more thing may just topple the whole teetering structure, you are not alone. And this week’s gospel lesson may have a helpful word for you.
day 8 / noisy feet
day 8 / noisy feet Sunday, December 5, 2021RCL Readings: Luke 1:68-79 | Baruch 5:1-9 or Malachi 3:1-14 | Philippians 1:3-11 | Luke 3:1-6 When Zoom meetings and audio recordings are going…
day 1 / postures
day 1 / postures Sunday, November 28, 2021RCL Readings: Psalm 25:1-9 | Jeremiah 33:14-16 | I Thessalonians 3:9-13 | Luke 21:25-36 What posture does your body assume when you feel out of…