Abiding in Hope

This Sunday we will hear Psalm 30, which contains one of my favorite images and reminders in the psalter. It is this: “Weeping may spend the...

The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lit up the world… -Psalm 77:18 The commonplaces of our childhood still shimm...

We may not think we have any common ground with the story of Jesus’s healing of the man with a multitude of demons in this Sunday’s gospel p...

Today, June 9, is the feast day of the sixth century St. Columba of Iona, also known as Colmcille in Ireland, the land of his birth. Born in...

O Eternal Wisdom, that fashions all creation in love, we bow before You in gratitude and praise, in trust and faithfulness. Your Spirit has ...

O God, your embrace has brought us safely to this new day; may we rest ourselves within your mercy and love. Forgive us, Lord, our headstron...

This week, I don’t know about you, but I have been thinking a lot about good-byes. I have thought about this being Memorial Day, the day we ...

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let...

Revelation 21:1-6 It is graduation season all across the country, including in our own household. Our son Scott graduated last weekend from ...

Here we are with spring getting ready to burst in on us—burst in, and go blasting right by as 90 degree temperatures are predicted in just a...

The  23 rd  Psalm The Holy One is my Shepherd; there is nothing else I need or lack. In verdant fields God urges my rest, by clear, sw...

Simon Peter’s head was swirling with thoughts, and his heart was churning with emotion. He felt the weight of guilt pressing down on him sin...