Monthly Archives: September 2020

Orange Shirt Day — Guest Post, R. Matthew Stevens

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Maren

Usually my guest post comes on Thursday but today is Orange Shirt Day in Canada and it is important to honor that day. I am not a Canadian and my country, the United States, is unbelievably lacking in forms of … Continue reading →

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On the occasion of one million deaths from COVID-19

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Maren

“I am sorry for your loss” These are the words that are never enough and do not pretend to understand – a verbal fingertip of tenderness today offered to the world. World, we are sorry for your loss of a … Continue reading →

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Autumn Prayer for things small and short, 2020

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Maren

The wonderful Grace Bower of Aotearoa New Zealand, whose fabric arts are legendary, shared a memory of a poem of mine from last year and I needed to re-write it — some of the lines are the same … most … Continue reading →

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I got a rock (reflection on Exodus 17:1-7, with a nod to Psalm 81)

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Maren

In “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” the turn of the season story that I would see at a friend’s house because we didn’t have a television, Charlie’s repeated refrain “I got a rock” searching in his trick or treat … Continue reading →

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Holy Communion Liturgy for World Communion Sunday, October 4, 2020

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Maren

Next Sunday, October 4, we share Holy Communion in morning worship. Whenever we celebrate World Communion Sunday, we imagine all the tables of the world, but often we are physically gazing at our own church’s table dressed up a bit … Continue reading →

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Now I lay me … for Breonna Taylor

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Maren

Now I lay me down to sleep, whispering — Breonna Taylor did this. And I pray, like so many children before me my soul to keep, my soul to keep, and my dreams, my hopes for tomorrow, the beauties of … Continue reading →

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Guest post — poems from Barbara Messner,

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Maren

Barbara Messner, Associate Priest in the Parish of Stirling, South Australia, writes this of her poem for this week … “St. Michael and All Angels is the patronal festival for Bridgewater, hence this week’s poem: it helped me explore something … Continue reading →

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Prayer from Storm and Heat

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Maren

For you have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. (Isaiah 25: 4a) God, from our summer of storms we pray. We … Continue reading →

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On the Basis of Gratitude — Grieving Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Maren

  … the people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there. Now there was no water for the congregation (Numbers 20:1b-2a) We remember and celebrate the life of Ruth Bader Ginsberg – her struggles in law school, … Continue reading →

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Shanah Tovah

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Maren

Shana Tovah, my friends, those near and far, and in Israel with a new lockdown, Shana Tovah a year of blessing – blessing in the midst of illness, blessing in healing, blessing in new peacemaking, blessing in justice and in … Continue reading →

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