Posts from 2024 (Page 6)

Posts from 2024 (Page 6)

Listening To The Voice Of The Stronger One

The words from Jeremiah today tell us, “This is what I commanded my people: Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people. [Go] in all the ways that I command you, so that you may prosper.” When I read passages like this, I often find myself saying, “Absolutely, God. I love the sentiment. But HOW do I listen to your voice? HOW do I know what ways you have commanded?” So I…

Don’t Get Hooked

In Jesus'time, his hearers struggle to accept that God is doing something new in their presence. Our struggle is probably similar.

The Rejected

In today's readings, those who are rejected become the central figures - offering redemption and healing to the collective.

How Was This Chasm Established?

[Note: Today’s guest blogger is Kateri Boucher. Kateri grew up in the Spiritus community, where she loved attending church and goofing off in youth group. She now lives in Detroit, Michigan (Waawiiyatanong). She is the Ministries Coordinator at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church and a remote Masters of Divinity Student at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities.] In today’s gospel passage, Jesus tells a story about a rich man and a poor beggar named Lazarus who slept outside the rich…

The Capacity to Alter the State of Others

I remember being in an anti-racism workshop many years ago as the facilitator was speaking about “white flight” from urban areas and the creation of suburbs across the United States. The facilitator was reflecting on how, in general, by creating these homogenous enclaves, white people were demonstrating their belief that their lives would lose nothing by not having people of color around.  That line was a gut punch because down deep I knew that it was true. In the book…