Monthly Archives: February 2017

Evening prayer for Lent

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Maren

Katherine Burgess, of Quebec City, Canada, wrote this prayer in February and I asked to publish it as an evening prayer for Lent. You may want to pray it tonight as we move into Lent or tomorrow evening after Ash … Continue reading →

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Mistaking the winner

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Maren

And Jordan Horowitz, producer of “La La Land,” said, I’m sorry there’s a mistake. Moonlight, you guys won Best Picture. And there was disappointment, the way there was last Thursday night at Poetry Out Loud regionals for the eight people … Continue reading →

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A parable based on scripture for the first Sunday in Lent

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Maren

Cancer was in the wilderness of someone’s human body. Cancer fasted and afterwards was famished. A tempter came and said — If you are so hungry, command all these cells to be bread for you.” And cancer answered — I … Continue reading →

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News of the day

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Maren

Perhaps there is more kindness on the seven exoplanets so that when a child says “I need to pee,” far away circling Trappist 1 is a place open to people regardless of their gender identity. Forty light years is close … Continue reading →

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A Prayer for Peace

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Maren

This prayer by Marlin Collingwood touches my heart and, when I pray it, I feel immense peace. Much gratitude to him for sharing it. Dear God, sail away with me, and let the winds wipe away my pain, my regrets … Continue reading →

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First Responder

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Maren

Yesterday … was the first time I heard the trans person in the gym, gorgeous baritone. I was naked in the shower and my first response was, “that’s cool!” and my second response was “O my God, that was my … Continue reading →

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You’ve got to be kidding … (Transfiguration)

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Maren

President’s Day Quote “God always answers prayers. Sometimes it’s ‘yes.’ Sometimes the answer is ‘no.’ Sometimes it’s ‘you gotta be kidding.’” Jimmy Carter “You’ve got to be kidding,” says Elijah to Moses, “pick him? His beard doesn’t grow at the … Continue reading →

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A Prayer for the Oroville Dam

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Maren

and people I love who never knew there could be such cracks When the rains come after the long drought and the emptiness of reservoirs, may the walls hold, may the spillways tame the floods, may those who welcome the … Continue reading →

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Warnings … why we need to break the silence

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Maren

My thanks to Moira Finley for allowing me to print the poem written last week called “Warnings” but also my thanks for her ministry to each of us and all of our culture about violence against women. Has your community of … Continue reading →

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Taking it seriously – Matthew 5: 38-47

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Maren

Love your enemies and pray for them, and I want to start by saying – I love Muslims and immigrants and black lives and folks who are gender queer. Of course, I do – and I am trying to get … Continue reading →

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