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A Prayer for Ash Wednesday

A Prayer for Ash Wednesday

I wrote this prayer for the 2010 noon Ash Wednesday service at Cannon Chapel on the campus of Emory University. A terrible earthquake had just ravaged Haiti, and many of us in the States were searching for ways to help in addition to donations.  We were also searching...
Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week

Week 2 I took this shot this week of how my cat, Naomi, greets me every day when I arrive home from work. My condo in Atlanta has floor to ceiling windows–perfect for cats who are always curious about what’s going on outside but, if they’re honest,...
New Stole Sunday, Baptism Edition

New Stole Sunday, Baptism Edition

I love stoles. Fact. I like all kinds: patterned ones, painted ones, even be-tasseled ones are growing on me. But the one’s I like the most are ones with quilted or pieced designs–ones that have texture and in their own way, tell a story. I won’t...
Don’t Dry Out: A Baptism Sermon

Don’t Dry Out: A Baptism Sermon

This is the sermon I preached at Westfield Church on Sunday, January 13th.   Before you read it, read the lesson from Isaiah and the lesson from Luke. I feel as though we’ve been running a marathon for the last month and a half! It started in the beginning of December...
Confused by the Spirit

Confused by the Spirit

I preached this sermon 3 years ago on January 17, 2010. I was in my last semester of seminary, deep in thought about what the future held, when on January 12th an earthquake in Haiti stopped us all in our tracks. Over 316,000 people lost their lives in a country that...