There’s a phrase I wish I could ban from church. It’s this: “God has a plan.” The only plan I dare to call God’s is to show up when life hurts.
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Wait Impatiently
This Advent, I am not going to counsel you to be patient. Instead I say, be impatient. Be impatient for the coming of the reign of love. Be impatient for Christ to reign in glory. Let your impatience fuel your work for justice.
Prophetic Words Tell Difficult Truths
https://youtu.be/G7EXAtWMHxc God of the Exiles, when we find ourselves in strange times, in strange lands, remember us. Help us to sing your songs. Amen There’s an old spiritual that comes from an old psalm. The words and music set the stage for today’s reading from Jeremiah well. I’m sure you know it: “By the watersContinueContinue reading “Prophetic Words Tell Difficult Truths”
Are we known for our love?
For eight years I have entirely avoided the topic of abortion in the pulpit. But this week, in our state, the theological got political, and it got dangerous. This week I worried that my silence on the issue is complicit.
Mike Angell 