Monthly Archives: August 2013

Orando por Siria a través del Salmo 22, translation of yesterday’s post

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Maren

Sent from Gerardo Oberman of Buenos Aires, Argetnian, this translation of yesterday’s post. My very great thanks. Orando por Siria a través del Salmo 22 Dios mío, Dios mío, ¿por qué has abandonado a Siria? Escucha la oración de sus … Continue reading →

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Labor Day Roses, 2013

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Maren

“Hearts starve as well as bodies – give us bread but give us roses.” Bread and Roses Strike 1912, Lawrence Textile Mills,                                     song based on a poem by James Oppenheimer Texas Fertilizer plant – they worked for … Continue reading →

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Praying through Psalm 22 for Syria

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Maren

My God, my God, why have you forsaken Syria? Hear the prayers of their groaning. Day and night the tears of your children are poured out, but they find no rest. They are poured out in civil war — bones … Continue reading →

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Father’s Day (Aotearoa/NewZealand): Isaac to Abraham, Dear Dad …

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Maren

It is spring in the southern hemisphere. Rosalie Sugrue writes — “The NZ Listener ran an article entitled Dear Dad. Nine famous Kiwi’s commemorated Father’s Day by way of writing a letter to their own deceased father. The results were … Continue reading →

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Liturgy for Sunday, September 1, 2013

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Maren

On Mondays I share liturgical writing focused on the Luke passages for each Sunday in the Revised Common Lectionary. This week’s scripture is Luke 14:1, 7-14. There are three contributors this week. The first is Linda Curtis-Stolper of Newton, Iowa … Continue reading →

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For the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Maren

I post this reflection on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech given at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963, fifty years ago. I remember it. That march, originally called the March for Jobs and Freedom, made … Continue reading →

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“Pacha Mama” from Argentina, Prayer of Our Savior, Prayer of the Earth

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Maren

Gerardo Oberman’s prayer “Pacha Mama” is the prayer of all of us, for daily bread and forgiveness, for hallowing and for-evermoring. I share it first in the original Spanish, then as translated and adapted into its poetry as a version … Continue reading →

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Liturgy for Sunday, August 25, 2013

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Maren

On Mondays I am sharing liturgical writing focused on the Luke passages for each Sunday in the Revised Common Lectionary. This week’s scripture is Luke 13:10-17.  The first contributor this week is Carolyn Keilig of Hopkinton, New Hampshire who offers … Continue reading →

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Surprising Joy

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Maren

I’m invited to write some liturgy for an upcoming event with the theme “Surprising Joy.” Surprise is not a biblical word (except when an enemy army surprises a sleeping camp — not really a good image.) But surprise itself, the … Continue reading →

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Lament for Luke 12: 49-56

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Maren

Father against son, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, in one household of two against three five bodies in the mosque. Wind from the south? a Coptic church is burning. Cloud in the west? Islamist sister weeps for her gunshot brother with a … Continue reading →

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