The Psalms and the Lord’s Prayer Deitrich Bonhoeffer in his book, Psalms: the Prayer Book of the Bible, says: “All the prayers of Holy Scripture are summarized in the Lord’s Prayer, and are contained in its immeasurable breadth. They are not made superfluous by the Lord’s Prayer but constitute the inexhaustible richness of the Lord’s […]
Read MoreRandom Thoughts on Preaching using the Revised Common Lectionary by a Catholic Lay Woman As a Catholic Lay woman who has never been formally trained in preaching, who am I to preach? I am not allowed to preach in the Catholic Church, that being reserved to ordained priests and deacons, and yet that is what […]
Read MoreJerusalem: One City, Three Faiths Jerusalem: sacred to all three of the major monotheistic faiths, a site of controversy, violence and abuse of the sacred, a place of contradiction. Karen Armstrong, in her book, Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths, describes thousands of years of history of this city, a history filled with bloodshed. With […]
Read MoreSt. Gregory’s Abbey, Three Rivers, MI Benedictine monasteries pray all of the psalms over the course of one week, beginning with matins in the wee hours of the morning, through lauds, terce, sext, none, vespers and ending with compline before going to bed. I have wanted to experience this for some time, just had to […]
Read MoreBird by Bird – Psalm by Psalm I’m still in the beginning stages of this venture through the Psalms. When I look at the entirety of the book, I am overwhelmed. So many of the same themes are repeated over and over, how will I ever come up with new sermon material for each one? […]
Read MoreNew Year’s Day, 2012 Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Psalm 148 Galatians 4:4-7 Luke 2:22-40 Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. Why […]
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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” thus Charles Dickens began his novel, A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens, in his writing on Christmas, did more to save Christmas from a neglected, little observed celebration than any person of his time, leading to our current time of excess. This time […]
Read MorePorch swing down in advance of snowstorm. Listened to Handel’s Messiah to clear my head of Thanksgiving in order to focus on Advent, reflecting on end times and working on sermon. Opened book of daily meditations by C.S. Lewis this morning and found the perfect quote to finish sermon. Love the creative process!!!
Read MoreI get a break from preaching this week so took advantage of the break to submit posts for earlier psalms: Psalms 1-9. Check them out when you have a chance. Wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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