Proper 24 texts at http://www.textweek.com Jeremiah 31:27-34 Genesis 32:22-31 2 Tim. 3:14-4:5 Luke 18:1-8 You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans and have prevailed. Gen. 32:27 There are many … Continue reading A Sacred Souvenir
Singing Lent, Week 2: “To God be the Glory”
Knitters have a special name for the act of unknitting rows of stitching; they call it “frogging” because you have to tell yourself to “rip it, rip it.” I frogged the knitting in this picture, turned it back into yarn, not because it was bad or riddled with mistakes, but because it was just Never … Continue reading Singing Lent, Week 2: “To God be the Glory”
Lent 2: Something Old, Something New: The Stars
Lent 2 texts at http://www.textweek.com Gen. 15:1-12, 17-18 Psalm 27 Phil. 3:17-4:1 Luke 13:31-35 "Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them." (Gen. 15:5) No, really, go on! Try! You can do it---start with that one right … Continue reading Lent 2: Something Old, Something New: The Stars
Day 6: Fur, Feather, Scales and Skin, Scales and Skin
Today's reading: Genesis 1:24-25Please don't ask me to explain why I am blogging so sporadically, and about such seemingly random selections of scripture... but... just by chance, my child learned this song at zoo day camp today. (No, I didn't purposely delay this "wild beasts and livestock" reading for zoo camp week!) It's sung to … Continue reading Day 6: Fur, Feather, Scales and Skin, Scales and Skin
Day 5: Feather and Fin
Today's reading: Genesis 1:20-23you who are meant to swim,stop simply wadingand dive deep:the oceans are yoursuperhighways,the lakesyour country lanesgo--float,jump,splash your routeacross earth's endless watersexplore them,claim them,fill them with your familiesyou who are meant to soar,fear not the first leap!take flight!the skies are your open roads,the treesyour resting roosts.go--flap,glide,wing your routetoward earth's endless horizonspursue them,dream them,tell … Continue reading Day 5: Feather and Fin
Day 4: Light and darkness.
Today's reading: Genesis 1:14-19"Let there be lights... to mark seasons and days and years..." (v. 14b)As I've said to a couple people in the past few weeks--thank goodness God had more stick-to-it-iveness about performing Creation than I have had about blogging it, or the world would have water and a few plants, and that's it... … Continue reading Day 4: Light and darkness.
Day 3: Growing things
Today's reading: Genesis 1:11-13Maybe, just maybe, I don't have to work so hard, and worry so much.Just maybe things were made to grow as they should. Maybe the land that has been so lovingly formed will produce what it will; maybe it will bear the fruit it was designed to bear. Maybe it's not my … Continue reading Day 3: Growing things
Day 2: Water
Today's reading: Genesis 1:6-10I don't remember a whole lot of stuff I learned in high school, but periodically (randomly), tidbits of information surface (it often happens when we're watching Jeopardy, which is a pleasant boost to my self-esteem). One such tidbit is a nugget of literary wisdom, something to keep in mind no matter what … Continue reading Day 2: Water
Day 1: Beginning
Welcome back. Welcome back, self. And welcome back, reader, whoever you may be.If you've been here before, you probably know the drill. A scripture reflection from me--a poem, a prayer, a bit of prose, a list, or even just a line or two--every day. It's a discipline I'm taking on for myself--a bit of reading, … Continue reading Day 1: Beginning
A Moving Yarn 