Magdalene's Musings

OK, so I work Fridays and... it just didn't happen. Reverendmother writes, Well, the Clergy Superbowl is almost upon us, and so, I offe...

From the Guardian ... I think it's kind of.... sweet. The unveiling of an anatomically detailed sculpture of Christ made entirely out of...

I will begin today posting a series of monologues I wrote a number of years ago from the perspective of Mary Magdalene, the patron saint of...

... to experience a writing of great and mysterious beauty, hop on over to read "Some Questions" at the Real Live Preacher . The m...

Courtesy of the RevGalBlogPals.... I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wild...

My new favorite quote ever... “Christ likes us to prefer truth to him because, before being Christ, he is truth. If one turns aside from him...

Friends, I have a few things I'd like to share this morning, one of which is the little quote in the bright blue box, if you will scroll...

I am not preaching tomorrow. However, I preached this sermon 9 years ago (while I was still a Director of Christian Education), and I still ...

Anonymous said... I don't have kids, and never wanted them. Can you explain this post to me? It's beyond my understanding. I'd r...

May I just say here... I am so thrilled to have my son home for spring break. I am so tickled to watch him gobble up my cooking and say, ...

From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him...

Nota bene: I owe the good Mad Cows a debt of gratitude for this sermon; that may mean I've stolen from her, I'm not sure. It's...

For all my ponderings on water and such, I still feel that the "go-to" message of this passage (Isaiah 55:1-11) is comfort and ass...

At Blackwater Pond At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled after a night of rain. I dip my cupped hands. I drink a long time. It t...

I grew up on the water-- really, in the water. My mother claimed to have spent the entire summer the year I was two jumping into swimming po...

Pastor Peters remarks on the image of Jerusalem coming so close on the heels of Jesus' lament last Sunday, and I agree. The texts seem t...

One of my most valued resources when it comes to first Testament texts is the Jewish Study Bible, Tanakh translation , put out by Oxford Uni...

First, an explanation about the anomalies in the titles of posts. Yesterday was day 12 and today is day 12... huh??? I realized this morning...

“On Mother Hens and the Not Yet” Luke 13:31-35 March 4, 2007 I read an article about Britney Spears the other day. It’s not what you think. ...

"To love oppressors in particular, or sinful human beings in general, is to have continual hope for them that they will stop their oppr...