After the events of January 6th, 2021, I had a lot of words swirling in my mind. Some I’ve shared here & on Instagram. One phrase I kept hearing was the Biblical phrase, “for such a time as this.” It’s a familiar phrase, but it’s context struck in a new way in light of current […]
The Capitol Crowds & Compassion
This past weekend, in light of the crowds storming our nation’s Capitol, a Spiritual Director I follow, Rev. Summer Joy, issued this “hard and holy invitation” of compassion, even towards those at the capitol, to her weekend readers: As I meditated on these verses from Matthew: “When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion on […]
advent 2020, week 4: what I’ve learned about love
Today, I’ve been married for 10 months. And I love the timing of this, in the final week of Advent, the week which bears the theme: love. On Sunday, our pastor shared on this theme some words that really resonated with me: Advent is a coming of love. The nature of love is participation; it’s […]
poem: the advent of our joy
based on advent week 3 post: do we deserve joy? the advent of joycomes with a baby’s womb-leapingand a once-barren woman, familiar with shame,rejoicing over a pregnancy others called shameful;she calls out blessing instead:she names Mary blessed,and her words spark joy: in a woman fleeing a whispery hometown,full of those thinking they are better than […]
advent 2020, week 3: do we deserve joy?
What do you deserve? It seems like a weird question, but also one that I think most of us have a pretty negative answer for. For me, I tend to think I deserve “bad things.” I never out-right say that, and you probably don’t either. It comes out in a different way: “I don’t deserve […]
advent 2020, week 2: God understands our shame
The second week of Advent is meant to be about peace. Instead, I found myself stuck in shame. So here’s the question I asked this week: How does Advent speak to our shame? “Gloria, gloria,God has come to understand us.” — “Gloria Gloria” by Jess Ray This lyric undid me on a drive this week, […]