Monthly Archives: November 2023

Many thanks to Rosalie Sugrue of Aotearoa/New Zealand for reminding us of the story of Oded. Rosalie has for many, many years been a Lay Preacher and is the Lower North Island Synod lay preachers’ representative. She has also been a … Continue reading →

DECEMBER 9                                Maren Tirabassi A Dickens of a Holiday Both poetry and prose will reflect on the Ghost of December Past, December Present, and December Yet-to-New Year.  This workshop is an opportunity to be sentimental or absolutely grinchy, to shape … Continue reading →

I do not have enough candles,for Transgender Day of Remembrance.I am only gratefulthat their names make a light. The light shines on my country’s sorrow,terrible violence, failure of love,but far more it shines on beauty and truthin their holy, fragile … Continue reading →

Aside from doing everything possible to provide programs for people who are seriously ill, I want to do everything humanly possible to help create a more caring society so that we can begin to counter the painful loneliness and sense … Continue reading →

God, whose hand rests on the earthwho knows the depths of rockand the many pathsof magma tunnels,you gentle the racing heartsof those who evacuateand prepare for volcanic activity. Be with all in Iceland this weekend,especially those in Grindavikafter the eight … Continue reading →

said my mother, born in the yearbefore women could vote,who learned in her last yearsto vote in the boothfor people who could not see(no family allowed)as the election-worker read aloudnames and ballot questions, who asked for her obituaryin late October,that … Continue reading →