November 11, 2018

Maryland Presbyterian Church, it is a joy to be with you this morning. I have known a few of you from the very first day I moved to Baltimore a year and a half ago. My first official day on the job ended with a McCabe camp partners meeting. Whether it’s in a park off […]

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November 4, 2018

Each Week at the Camas Outdoor Center, I thought about the legacy of our ancestors.  Each week, we remembered the legacy of those long past, and dreamed about the community that might be formed and reformed in the week ahead.  In the spring and summer of 2009, I was on staff at the Camas Outdoor […]

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October 21, 2018

 This past week, I’ve been reading Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts by Brené Brown.  She’s an incredibly inspiring author and researcher on shame, belonging, and vulnerability, whose TED talks have launched a movement for people from US Presidents to Fortune 500 CEO’s to Rocket Scientists and Pastors to be more vulnerable […]

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October 14, 2018

During World War II the aerial bombardments of the German blitzkrieg and the decimation caused by the Allies carpet bombing orphaned massive numbers of children, whose homes were also destroyed.  Refugee camps and orphanages were set up across Europe, and their staffs worked hard to make sure children had plenty of fresh air and space to play, nutritious meals and loving adults.  But at night, …

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October 7, 2018

    Next week, Eric and I will celebrate our second wedding anniversary.  Our tradition on our anniversaries is to go out to dinner, and check-in with each other.  It’s a Frank discussion we think of as our own state of the union.  We reflect on the past year of marriage, to see what we […]

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September 30, 2018

R-E-S-P-E-C-T . Was there ever in our lifetime a voice that so lifted our hearts into the heavens? Aretha Franklin, seen in giant photos of America’s newspapers recently…

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September 23, 2018

Last Wednesday, while I was setting up for our Examen Happy Hour out by the labyrinth, I noticed the first falling leaves.  Their slow dance to the grown made it feel real that it has been a year since I moved to Baltimore.  That evening, while I was walking the winding path of the Labyrinth, […]

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September 16, 2018

  In Isaiah 58, the people of God have come home to Jerusalem, after being in captivity in Babylon, only to find their city in shambles.   They gather among the ruins of the temple, and cry out to God, fasting and weeping, mourning what once was.  They look around and hear whispers of violence in […]

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September 9, 2018

  Frank Borman is either the least complicated astronaut’s ever to slip free of of our planet’s gravity, or one of the most romantic.  He was the commander of the Apollo 8 Mission.  It was the first time humans had gone and orbited the Moon.  After returning to the earth, NASA was curious about how […]

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September 2, 2018

Let us pray. Dear Lord and Creator, we ask that you would be with us as we explore today’s scripture and strengthen our resolve to seek justice for all people in every community. Amen Let’s begin by setting the scene for today’s story. A few days before meeting the Canaanite woman, Jesus had been in […]

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