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Waters Covering Waters

Just after Christmas, my family and I decamped to a rented house near Yosemite. We packed for cold weather and had grand dreams of stomping around in snow with a granddaughter in a puffy snow suit and cute mittens, but instead we got rain. And lots of it… y’all know what I mean! An atmospheric … Read the rest

Wait with the Women

Palm Sunday C

On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment, Luke tells us. OK, but I’m not really sure I believe it. Just the day before, darkness had come over the whole land and the curtain of the temple was torn in two. That is to say, all the most reliable measures of life—the rotation of the earth … Read the rest

Spirit Level

It’s so good to be back with you! Over the holidays, my husband John and I spent a few days in Cambria on the Central Coast. We fell in love anew with the sparkling sand and rugged beachheads and windswept bluffs, which is generally excitement enough for we inland residents. But it happened that we were in San Simeon just … Read the rest

What Next, Wilderness?

Baptism of Christ A

How do you write a sermon when you don’t know what’s happening next? Full disclosure, I usually start working on sermons at least a week in advance, sometimes more. I like to have at least that much time to savor the appointed scripture readings; Bible study is really one of my favorite ways to spend time. … Read the rest