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No Kings – A Palm Sunday Reflection
This Saturday, March 28th, is the third No Kings Day protest and Sunday, March 29th, is Palm Sunday, but here’s what I wonder: What if Palm Sunday was the original No Kings protest? What if Jesus, the disciples, and the crowd that follows Jesus are protesting violence, injustice, and imperial power? Instead of protest songs…
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Too Tender For This World
Do you sometimes feel like your heart is just too tender for this world? A few weeks ago I received a text message from someone saying that’s how he felt. I didn’t have to ask what he meant. I know that tenderness. I feel it and experience it almost daily. Tender Places Another war, this…
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Enlarging Our Yes – A Reflection On Protest And Dignity
My Weekly Protest Every Thursday for the last several weeks I’ve joined others at a protest. We meet at the main intersection downtown. There’s usually around thirty-five of us. I suspect each of us has our reasons for being there. I show up to protest for people, the United States, democracy, the Constitution, the rule…
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Resisting The Forces Of Death – An Ash Wednesday Reflection
Imagine you come to my house and I greet you at the door by saying, “I don’t hate you.” What would you think of that? What feelings might it bring up? What tone would it set for our time together? Maybe it’s just me but that’s how I hear the beginning of the Proper Liturgy…
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Off The Page And Onto The Streets – A Reflection On The Beatitudes
Every day I receive emails, texts, and news articles calling me to act, to resist, to protest. Maybe you do too. I wonder if that’s what Jesus was doing when he preached the Sermon on the Mount. What if the Beatitudes, the gospel for this Sunday (Matthew 5:1-12), are his call for us to act,…
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A Better Direction
Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol Commander-at-Large, is no longer the “commander,” is leaving Minneapolis, and is returning to his previous duty station in California. (Source) A number of CBP agents in Minneapolis are also leaving. (Source) The chief federal judge in Minneapolis has ordered the head of ICE to appear and explain why he should…
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Another Morning After
After a federal agent murdered Renee Good I wrote about normalcy as resistance and making a pledge to normalcy. This morning, the morning after federal agents murdered Alex Pretti, I wrote this to myself: Lord,… Lord,… The silence shatters my words. I have no words. I can only remember and say their names. For Renee,…
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Going To Pharaoh- A Reflection On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
In the Episcopal Church the Feast of Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated on April 4, the date of his death. One of the things that strikes me about the gospel assigned for that day (Luke 6:27-36) is just how much Jesus sounds like Martin Luther King, Jr. “Love your enemies, do good to those…
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Making A Pledge To Normalcy
Late last Friday afternoon I went for a bike ride. I chased dirt roads through a neighborhood forest, spooked some deer, enjoyed cool weather, and kept an eye on the cloudy and darkening skies. My only goal was to get back to my truck before the sun set. It felt nice to be out and…
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Interrupting the Silence 