Tag: peace
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David and Abigail
this is part of a continuing sermon series on the stories of David. The text for this sermon is 1 Samuel 25. Let’s just begin by saying that this is *not* a great way to meet your wife. It certainly isn’t a love story, or at least, it doesn’t appear to be one. I mean,…
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After Election Day…
I had the honor of writing this letter, which was signed by nearly 45 area clergy. It represents our hope and prayer for our country in the days following the election on November 8th. On November 9th, we awake to the results of an election that has bitterly divided our nation. It is tempting to…
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The Troubled Peace of the Cemetery
Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty. -Oscar Romero What is…
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In Praise of Motherliness
Luke 24:44-Acts 1:11 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you — that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to…
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Trust the Holy Spirit
Acts 16:9-15 During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them. We…
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A Prayer for the World in the Wake of Brussels
Holy God- We live increasingly in a world of violence, and we offer our prayers today for those in Brussels whose world has been pierced by the sword of terror. For civilians who fear the threat of bombs in public places–airports and subways, markets and malls–we pray. For the families of the dead in Brussels,…
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Power Problems and the Call to Service
Rehoboam traveled to Shechem where all Israel had gathered to inaugurate him as king. Jeroboam had been in Egypt, where he had taken asylum from King Solomon; when he got the report of Solomon’s death he had come back. Rehoboam assembled Jeroboam and all the people. They said to Rehoboam, “Your father made life hard…
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A Lament for Peace on World Communion Sunday
1 By the rivers of Babylon— there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. 2 On the willows there we hung up our harps. 3 For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” 4 How could we sing the Lord’s…
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In the Struggle there is Hope
I went on a retreat a few weeks back with my fellow seminarians where we spent almost two days in seclusion on the property of some Cistercian nuns in Southern Massachusetts. It was a great experience for me, to a great extent because it was intentional space set apart from the world around me, space…
Deeper in me than I 