The Kiss of God
We are grounded in the energy stream of the church which experiences God as one-in-three. I riff on St Bernard of Clauvaux’s idea that God is the kisser, Christ is the kissed and the Holy Spirit is the kiss – so we are filled with the kiss of God.
Being the Good News
Just as the church in Acts had to face situations they had never experienced before, so we today are faced with new challenges to be the good news in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Ascension, and This Week’s News
David Brooks writes in the New York Times ” How much will the pummeling act of experiencing the news these days lead to empathy erosion? Where will the forces of re-humanization come from?” The Church is called to be that re-humanizing force as the ascended Cosmic Christ lives through us, the Body of Christ.
Coming Home
God comes to us as an honored guest, making their home in our hearts until we realize that we are invited to make our homes in God’s heart.
Disagreeing is also Love
Yesterday I spoke at a rally in San Luis Obispo protesting the probable end of Roe v Wade. This is some of what I said, “In the ancient stories we hear that God gave humanity free will. God gave us the power to choose, and God rejoices when we use that power for the highest good of all beings. God also gives us consciences and it is in the interplay of conscience and freewill that God gives each one of…
A Call to Love!
Reading: John 21:1-19; Easter 3/C By the Rev. Karen Faye Siegfried When you woke up this morning, did you remember it was the third Sunday of Easter, that joyful season when we celebrate resurrection, new life, and a renewed hope for the future? If so, perhaps you pulled back the covers, placed your feet on the floor and exclaimed, “Alleluia, Christ is risen” or quietly murmured, “Today is a good day to have a great day!” Maybe as you made…
The Entire Universe is Standing on Tiptoe
“The entire universe is standing on tiptoe, yearning to see the unveiling of God’s glorious sons and daughters!” Wow! The entire universe is waiting for us to get our act together?
Resurrection, here and now
What if the spiritual realm is where everything is really happening and we are living a temporary existence in which the spiritual keeps breaking though rather like a daffodil breaking through the soil in the spring? And what if resurrection has totally happened on a spiritual level and is trying to break through and manifest in our lives every moment?
The Foolishness of Christ Crucified
In some way which we cannot fathom, Christ crucified goes directly to the heart of the darkness of the human condition, and turns everything inside out, making it right – bringing the Christ light to the heart of darkness.