Monthly Archives: May 2016

A week before the knee replacement – Improv on Philippians 2:5-11

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Maren

It’s been a long time since this knee could bend at the name of Jesus, or anything else – the challenge to clamber over rocks on a hillside hiking with teenagers in spite of their playlists and texts, the sharp … Continue reading →

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Justice and Peace Prayers from Volmoed, Hermanus, South Africa

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Maren

I share here some prayers from the newly revised Volmoed Retreat Centre prayer book sent to me by Isobel Degruchy. You will find the introduction and then some selected prayers for Wednesdays when the theme is justice and peace. I … Continue reading →

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Blessing of Bicycles, Tricycles and Wheelchairs

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Maren

On May 22 our church in Madbury had a blessing of bicycles,tricycles (big and little) and wheelchairs. Our “regular service” was shortened by fifteen minutes so that everyone could go outside where church members and neighbors waited for a blessing … Continue reading →

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Worship Resources for Memorial Day

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Maren

This is a repeated post from last year for a couple folks who were interested in these worship resources for the American holiday. Prayer for Memorial Day God, we come with Taps in our hearts remembering those who have died … Continue reading →

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Four Stories from Stewart Island (Rakiura), New Zealand

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Maren

Beverley Osborn shares true stories from her home — Stewart Island, Rakiura off the southern tip of the southern island. FOUR STORIES FROM A SMALL COMMUNITY WITH A LOT OF HEART – STEWART ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND A COMMUNITY OF ROUND … Continue reading →

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A Trinity Sunday Benediction

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Maren

May the grace of a baby born in a borrowed cave who flung the aurora borealis and laughed with joy at pterodactyls, the love of a clay-handed potter, who communicates in burning bush and acts like a chicken, and a … Continue reading →

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In honor of Daniel Berrigan

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Maren

        I don’t have to prove my life. I just have to live. Daniel Berrigan He lived — Jesuit, poet, educator, child of Minnesota, brother to five brothers, peace-wager for Vietnam, for Central America, the Gulf War, … Continue reading →

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A Pentecost Blessing from Brazil

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Maren

Many thanks for these words of blessing from Luis Carlos Ramos, which do give us the warming joy of fire, the whispering gentleness of wind. They are originally published on Red Crearte. Sarah Lombardi-Tobin offers the English translation. Blessing of … Continue reading →

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For All the Saints — New Words for Memorial Day and similar occasions

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Maren

Todd Jenkins offers words suggested by the familiar song for a poem on Memorial Day, all Saints Day, or the anniversary of a person’s death. Todd blogs here. As we once again enter the room called remember, the edge of … Continue reading →

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Pentecost worship resources — without fire or wind

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Maren

As a wind-driven wildfire rages across Alberta, Canada, I have committed myself to writing Pentecost worship resources which do not use wind or fire imagery. This is not to say that those metaphors are not rich and vibrant, but that … Continue reading →

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