Monthly Archives: March 2024

Easter International Transgender Day of Visibility, March 31, 2024

Posted on March 30, 2024 by Maren

On Maundy Thursday afternoonwe followed a man with a water jar,a transgender personin the euphemism of the day,to find the house with the upper roomand prepare the Passover Mealthat became a Last Supper. Feet were washed,bread was broken, wine poured.There … Continue reading →

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Guest Post for Holy Saturday from Martk Saline

Posted on March 30, 2024 by Maren

Passed on to me from a mutual friend is this reflection by Mark Saline, familiar to many of you here from his honest, edgy poetry of the past along with Mark’s request in the forward … “double-dog dare for you … Continue reading →

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Via Dolorosa

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Maren

It is Good Friday, a holy day for me,remembering the life-giving deathof Jesus of Nazareth, I read today about a sixty-dollar Biblejust promoted by Donald Trumpwith the American flagand “God Bless the USA” on the cover,and the United StatesDeclaration of … Continue reading →

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Prayer for the collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge

Posted on March 26, 2024 by Maren

(I live where container ships come and go. Two of our three bridges raise and lower and we complain about being late, rarely thinking about waking to this news.) Holy One, you who bridgeover troubled waves and smoother waters,we pray … Continue reading →

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Do I believe in Moneychanger repentance?

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Maren

(I think it has been my long assumption that the Monday in the temple was condemnation, not Jesus’ trying yet one more strategy to turn people around. Why would he change?) The couple was youngand the baby in the mother’s … Continue reading →

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Prayer for those who died in Crocus City Hall, Krasnogorsk, Moscow

Posted on March 23, 2024 by Maren

O Holy of all faiths and no faith,we say “Hosanna” and mean “save us,”from the violence of our days, and weep for those who went to hear musicand will never go home again,in the terrible shooting and runningand burning of … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday words for those who grieve after gun tragedies in the United States

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Maren

“As Jesus came near and saw the city, he wept over it,saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. Luke 19:41” As Luke … Continue reading →

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Holy Week Heresies

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Maren

“Go ahead …poke each other with the palms,” maybe not a parentally-approved conclusionfor the children’s sermon, but if we can let the palmspoke us all this week,so it doesn’t become a sacred setof familiar performances, we might feel the sharp … Continue reading →

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Patron to Librarian: I’d like to check out some large print hearts

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Maren

(Reflection on Jeremiah 31:31-34) I have trouble readingsomeone’s fine print about God,written so personally,it’s just like some kind of diary-heart,a fifth grader puts a lock on. As for church legacy-hearts,with traditions about Godborn in a long-ago argument,denominational pride,or the new … Continue reading →

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Maybe the children’s message will sound like this …

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Maren

For everything there is a season …a time for school and a time for play,a time for Christmas and a time for Easter,a time for snow forts and a time for sand castles,a time for bed and a time for … Continue reading →

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