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Liberation Theology Lutheran: Transfiguring Atoms

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Thursday, August 6, 2015. On this day, 70 years ago, the world was about to change in dramatic ways that we likely still don't fully comprehend. On this day, 70 years ago, the first nuclear bomb was used in war. Reformation traditions often celebrated this day in conjunction with blessing the first harvest. I find it an interesting conjunction, and of course, I've written a poem about it. We long to be transfigured in the Holy Flame,. To harness atoms to do our will. At the thought of what they attempt,.

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Liberation Theology Lutheran: Instruments of Peace

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Monday, August 10, 2015. I would like to work in a small, chapel-like space:. Marion's Chapel in Saluda, NC. I would like this sign outside my office space:. Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, SC. I would like a copper roof to block the cell phone signals:. I would like to put up a glass wall to protect my work space from the clamor:. But that is not the life I lead, in this choir of an office suite:. And so I offer this prayer:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Hollywood, FL, United States. Pause for sil...

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Liberation Theology Lutheran: Password as Prayer

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Sunday, August 9, 2015. Most of us live in landscapes that require frequent changing of passwords: one of my schools has us change passwords every 60 days. We might start by using the names of our pets as part of our password, but that approach quickly drains us of options. I understand the case to be made for completely random strings of letters and numbers, but I need something easier for my life of multiple computers and locations. I immediately thought of my own prayer traditions, of using parts of t...

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Liberation Theology Lutheran: Meditation on This Sunday's Gospel

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Meditation on This Sunday's Gospel. The readings for Sunday, August 9, 2015:. First Reading: 1 Kings 19:4-8. First Reading (Semi-cont.):. 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33. Psalm (Semi-cont.): Psalm 130. Second Reading: Ephesians 4:25- 5:2. Gospel: John 6:35, 41-51. Our Scriptures remind us in both the Old and New Testaments that God provides. God gives us both physical food and spiritual food. But we must be receptive. God won't open our mouths and chew for us. I'm a lifelong Luthera...

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Liberation Theology Lutheran: For Those in Peril On the Sea

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Saturday, August 1, 2015. For Those in Peril On the Sea. Now, as a grown up, I often find snippets of songs floating through my head, often songs I haven't heard/sung in decades. I've had the Navy Hymn on my brain during the past few days. On July 24, two teenage boys from South Florida headed out to fish. They have yet to return home. Lots of people have been doing lots of searching, but the field is vast. I know that the boys face larger odds, as the ocean is even more harsh. I hope they have water.

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Liberation Theology Lutheran: E-mails, Facebook Posts, and Letters as Nourishment

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Friday, August 7, 2015. E-mails, Facebook Posts, and Letters as Nourishment. Over the next two Sundays, my church will be considering this text:. I haven't read this text in many years, and I read it just after having a Facebook chat with a friend- sort of like writing letters, only more immediate. So perhaps I was more inclined to see this text for what it is- a letter. I go to church because it's where I've found a community- both locally and larger- where people are committed to that vision of God exp...

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Liberation Theology Lutheran: February 2015

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Saturday, February 28, 2015. The Monastery Dog: A Brief PhotoEssay. Yesterday I wrote this post. Which was in part about a monastery dog. Here is a picture of the dog at the retreat center where visitors stay. And here's a picture of the dog at the labyrinth. Does he walk the labyrinth when we're not around? Notice that the monastic vow of hospitality extends to dogs. Someone built this stray dog a house, complete with a welcome mat:. Friday, February 27, 2015. Yet as my week-end at the monastery proceed...

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Liberation Theology Lutheran: March 2015

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Interactive Worship in the Butterfly Garden. On Sunday, I was in charge of our Worship Together service. And I felt like I had no ideas. Every idea I came up with, I had done before. Approach to faith development that families can practice in their homes (discuss highs and lows, tie to Bible reading, pray, bless each other). Every other week, we have an arts/craft project of some kind. And we did our Faith Five as we walked, a sort of stations approach. At the first stop, we ...

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Liberation Theology Lutheran: Poetry Tuesday: For Those in Peril . . .

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Poetry Tuesday: For Those in Peril . . . Eternal Father, strong to save,. The children fear the murky depths,. But teenagers assume invincibility. The old ones can read the wind. To understand the weather that will come. The teenagers know that they can outrun. Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,. The boys go fishing and vanish. The days drift by; the search widens. Did they have water? Would the current pull them? We search for specks on the surface. Of a bright sea. A poet,...

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Liberation Theology Lutheran: A Pre-Work Prayer

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Monday, August 3, 2015. This morning, before the noise of the working world, takes back over the week, let me remember the quiet of the meditation space:. Let me channel the power of the open field:. Let me know the whisper of the sanctuary:. Let me speak with the quiet authority of the river that flows to the sea:. Let me know when to keep silent:. Let my light burn with steadiness:. Only the wise will hear Pro 1:5 and understand Dan 12:10 because only the wise will hear all things Acts 3:22. I'm a life...