Posted in Church Year on Jun 7th, 2009
Today is Trinity Sunday, an appropriate end for Easter and Pentecost. While Easter is all about the risen Christ and Pentecost is all about the Holy Spirit, today is all about the triune God: Father, Son, and Spirit. We celebrate the three-in-one vision of God that is unique to Christianity. Today’s Scripture passages include all [...]
Posted in Church Year on May 31st, 2009
Last Sunday, I helped in my son’s Godly Play class. Because the kids worship in church with us on Pentecost, Julia, the worship leader, told the Pentecost story: how the wind roared in the upper room and flames as of fire rested on each of the disciples, how they went into the city and proclaimed [...]
Posted in Church Year on May 24th, 2009
Ascension—the day we commemorate Jesus’ returning to Heaven—was on Thursday, though many churches will celebrate it today. The lectionary passages for Ascension focus on royal imagery—God the king (Ps 47), Christ the king (Eph 1)—and on the stories from Luke and Acts of Jesus commissioning the Apostles. Before he leaves them, Jesus opens their minds [...]
I am a reader (I feel about books the way some people feel about chocolate: yum), a writer (I've written a book, even: The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the Church Year), and a mother (of four). So that's what I blog about: reading, writing, and raising my kids.