Lenten Prayer: A Prayer for Flavor
A Prayer for Flavor Spicy God, In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus proclaimed we are the Salt for the earth, but sometimes it feels like those who follow Jesus have lost their saltiness. Sometimes it...
View ArticleMourning Thursday: The Prayer of an Uncertain Disciple
This poem/prayer was written trying to see from the point of view of a disciple of Jesus who was not in the 12 and who was watching the events of Maundy Thursday unfold. Mourning Thursday the prayer...
View ArticleA Prayer for Those Whom Mothers’ Day is Not a Happy Day
Nurturing God, who gathers us up like a mother hen, today we give thanks for those who make Mothers’ Day a happy day, and we pray for those whom Mothers’ Day is not a happy day– For children who mourn...
View ArticleUnco12 East Blogging
Hey, I’m at Unconference 2012 East (or, Unco12 East). I’ve been blogging on their blog. Take a look! More reflections to come! Day 1 article Day 2 article
View ArticleNew Hymn: “Do Not Refuse Us”
Recently I have been reading through a Psalm each morning, and I find myself repeating a phrase throughout the day. Yesterday the phrase was from Psalm 28 “do not refuse me,” and it sparked the...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo: Creative Spirituality
Many who know me know that I participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), an incredible journey lasting all of November. We quest to write 50,000 words in these 30 days at 1667 words per...
View ArticleEmily’s Top 2012 Books
Here are my top book picks for the year 2012: -The Definate-ish Guide for Using Social Media in the Church, Bruce Reyes-Chow Bruce Reyes-Chow’s new-ish book is a great read and resource for both...
View ArticleThe Future of Serious Spiritual Practices
Can we imagine a church where play and imagination are seen as serious spiritual disciplines? I did training last year in Godly Play. If you’re not familiar, Godly Play is an interactive storytelling...
View ArticleLitany for Dying Computers
My laptop has been struggling for a while now. Last year I (and by I I mean “I got someone else to”) replaced an important part, and that kept it going for a while. Now it has stopped charging, slowed...
View ArticleLenten Worship Materials
Purple–the liturgical color of Lent I have already and will continue to throughout Lent put up some worship materials on the page “Lent 2013” under the Worship Resources heading at the top of the...
View ArticleNew Carol: Day has Dawned on Us in Darkness
About Lessons and New Carols: a spiritual discipline for Advent 2013 of writing new texts to old hymn tunes following the readings of a Lessons and Carols service. It may not come to a surprise to most...
View ArticleNew Carol: In Those Days Augustus Sent
About Lessons and New Carols: a spiritual discipline for Advent 2013 of writing new texts to old hymn tunes following the readings of a Lessons and Carols service. One of the things I’m struggling with...
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