Planting Sequoias Last week I traveled to the Northwestern U.S., land of giant sequoias and redwoods. I’ve been thinking about sequoias this summer, thanks to my congregation’s shared “Season of Green” during Ordinary Time. The first Sunday of Pentecost we…
Read MoreTrayvon Martin and George Zimmerman are My Neighbors On Saturday night I went downtown. I felt safe and happy walking through an urban center and meeting up with friends for dinner. When I arrived home from the evening out, I…
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Remembering Will Campbell: Does Anyone Here NOT Know Amazing Grace? Memorial Service for Will Campbell, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee Saturday, June 22, 2013 Sitting under the words “Love your enemies” I feel my heart swell. They are painted on the…
Read MoreJames Lawson’s Homily for Will Campbell’s Memorial I am currently seeking permission to share a full transcript of Rev. James M. Lawson, Jr.’s Homily from Will Campbell’s Memorial Service. Please check back. Thanks, Eileen
Read MorePracticing Resurrection II This picture is part of a series of six-word stories that capture Wendell Berry’s provocative idea of “practicing resurrection.” In late April the pathway around a lake near my house flooded. The walkway and surrounding fields were…
Read MorePracticing Resurrection I During Ordinary Time this summer, my congregation is taking a point of departure from Wendell Berry and crafting worship around “practicing resurrection.” We are looking to the created world to see what speaks to us of God’s…
Read MoreSupermoon Tonight’s moonrise over Nashville was impressive. A few times a year the moon is closer to the earth when it reaches full, and actually appears larger that usual. A supermoon. Tonight is one of those nights. My telephoto lens…
Read MoreA Six-Word Story* ____________ * This idea came from Six Word Story Everyday. At that site contributors offer pictures worth a lot of words, but they only use six to tell each story. Since that discovery, I’ve posted a number of these short…
Read MoreBeyond Our Wants and Fears Note: This week’s lectionary readings include Psalm 23. My congregation followed the Good Shepherd throughout Lent, inspiring this story. Saturday “Maaa-maaaaah!” The wail comes over my phone. It’s late in the afternoon following a beautiful…
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Holy Week | Postcards Silent Saturday This Holy Week has been full with my family’s travels across South Florida. It has been a good practice to share digital postcards with family and friends this week as we were away for Spring…
Read MoreHoly Week | Postcards Good Friday Mama hens, baby chicks, and roosters have the run of Key West. They can be heard at all hours and seen roaming every street, beach, alley, and yard. Each rooster crows with more vibrato than…
Read MoreHoly Week | Postcards Maundy Thursday From an amazing treehouse hammock in South Florida, I’m thinking about Maundy Thursday and Jesus’ commandment to love (John 13:34-35). I have taken this to be the highest directive from Jesus most of my adult…
Read MoreHoly Week | Postcards Wednesday As we move deeper into Holy Week, today’s digital postcard taps into deeper harms and betrayals as well. For all the beauty of the places we are traveling on Spring Break this week, and all the beauty of…
Read MoreHoly Week | Postcards Tuesday Today’s digital postcard is the third in a series of posts from our travels this Holy Week (and Spring Break for my family). This photo comes from standing in line near the “southern most point” in the…
Read MoreHoly Week | Postcards Monday This is the second in a series of digital postcards from our travels this Holy Week, which is also Spring Break for our family. One of our first stops of the trip was an accidental one.…
Read MoreHoly Week | Postcards This year Holy Week and Spring Break fall in the same week. So we are traveling. We are loving our travels through the amazing tropical regions of South Florida. (Meanwhile predictions of snow fill the forecast at…
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