Midweek Prayer

Winter in this part of your creation, Holy One, is a time of snow cover and melting – over and over again.  There is the beauty of freshly fallen snow before vehicles and feet move over it, leaving salt and sand in their wake, to make a path through it all. ...

Sermon 1/10/2021

Mark 1:4-11 “Worthiness” January 10, 2021 Depending on the circumstances, the people present, or the reason to explain, when asked about my identity, I often give different answers.   To my extended family, I am the oldest child of seven, mother of one, only Vermonter...

Midweek prayer

As COVID numbers of deaths and those sickened climb and tensions rise on the approach to Inauguration Day, it is easy to slip into despair.  And yet, there are still always glimmers of hope and love, sometimes lurking on the edges of our days.  They can come in a...

Sermon 1/3/2021

Matthew 2:1-12 “Jesus Found!” January 3, 2021 Epiphany Sunday “Ablaze, Southeast Australia Faces Even Worse: ‘A Blast Furnace’ (NYT, 1/3/20) “Unrivaled Job Losses Accelerate Across U.S.” (NYT, 4/3/20) “Expect a Fourth with More Fizzle Than Bang” (NYT, 7/3/20)...

Midweek Prayer

Epiphany has arrived and we recall the story of the wise ones, who after finding Jesus, followed the revelation of a dream and went home by another way.  Almighty One, what dreams are worth changing the course of our lives for? Could they be dreams for peace that...