While preparing a service with the main scripture being John 11:1-44 (the death and resurrection of Lazarus) I could not find many hymns I liked. So I wrote my own. You can download the hymn lyrics here. The tune is SLANE and is most famous for “Be Thou My Vision.” The hymn is titled “Lazarus [...]
A Prayer for Chardon High School Oh, God, not another one… More teenage lives shattered by violence. Three dead. More hurt, “critical condition” they say. Whatever that means. And one life shattered by being violent. You can hear the echoes of pain in the news reports– how there were signs, warnings, unheeded. But honestly, there’s [...]
The Ashes on My Hand: A Prayer to Begin Lent God–I’m so tired of Lent. I’m tired of the individualistic religiosity I see in others and especially in me I am so frustrated by the Christianity I see on TV Saddened when I listen to political debates It is so much easier to point to [...]
My friend @markrsmith asked me recently: What do you do when your world turns upside down? How do you cope? There is a part of me that thinks I ‘should’ give an expected answer from someone who claims to have faith. Like, I have faith that the world will turn right-side up. Or, I have [...]