Go (Lent #30)

Go. Just leave. Get away from here. Such a little word. How can it carry so much pain? I don’t want you. I don’t like you. Go. Have you been told to go? I suspect most of us have. Perhaps you’ve even asked another to leave. Either way, when we get to that point, we […]

Water (Lent #29)

It’s funny how a word like “water” can trigger so many images, thoughts and memories. One of the first to surface for me was The Rime of The Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted […]

Silence (Lent #28)

I am a preacher and a pastor. I make a distinction between pastor and preacher though many will use these titles interchangeably. As pastor, I help lead a congregation as a co-shepherd, as one who comes alongside folks and offers comfort, nurture, support. As a preacher I speak from and about God’s word. It is in preaching […]