Inseparable from Love
Matthew 3:13-17 Listen here: The closest thing to the baptism of Jesus I’ve been a part of was the first baptism I ever officiated. It was exquisite and awful, all at the same time. It happened in the middle of the night in the neo-natal intensive care unit in a...
Birthing Love
I love Christmas Eve… as a child of the North, I love the warmth amidst the often-bitter cold. I love the soft yellow light of candles and Christmas trees illuminated after a 4 pm sunset. I love the stars that shine even amidst the light pollution of the city—as if...
We are made to be God-bearers
Luke 1 Listen here: There was visit from an angel and a moment of ecstatic, mystical prayer. With joy, she had consented to God’s action and presence to bring about new life and a new world through her body and soul. But then reality’s weight bore down on her. She was...
The Peace that Love Offers
Matthew 3:1-12 Listen here: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here…. Until the Child of God appear. Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel, shall come to you, O Israel. Sometimes when there is a prescribed season of the church (like...