Magdalene's Musings

Yesterday I preached this with the help of a fabulous liturgist, who not only preached the "Moses" monologue... he ad-libbed great...

My own--- I don't kiss anyone who wears lipstick. I read somewhere this week that a clergy collar has one very specific meaning: it is m...

With a tip of the hat to DCup .... what a FABULOUS song for a hard week....

From Bono (described in my Sojourner's email as a "rock star and anti-poverty activist"): It's extraordinary to me that th...

Let's see, what can I tell you about that I did yesterday? Well, first of all, I had a long meeting about something . And it mostly went...

“A Complete and Total Lack of Fairness” Matthew 20:1-16 September 21, 2008 You are taking turns to ride the swing on the elementary school p...

Church stuff, first and foremost in my mind. Fancy that! Just had a meeting with a Pillar of the Church, who is struggling with nearly cru...

“Unconditional Welcome” Romans 14:1-12 September 14, 2008 Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a young man who lived, for th...

I seem unable to let this day pass without saying something about it. Except, today, I don't know that I have much to say. Seven years h...

With thanks to those crazy so-and-so's at Of Course I Could Be On Vacation...

6:31 AM Best Friend J: Happy Birthday Petra! 6:32 AM Petra: Thanks J! 6:32 AM Best Friend J: Wow! Sixteen! That's ancient!...

“The Little Ones” Matthew 18:1-5, 10-14 September 7, 2008 I spent a part of my vacation on an island in Maine, just a couple of days, in whi...

... if I can. Two things are bugging me. First, the partisan complaint: There is a part of me that feels so... ripped off at this moment. I ...

"The McCain camp didn't realize how hard it still was to convince voters to vote for a woman." Oh. Really ?

“Holy Ground, Holy Work” Exodus 3:1-15 August 31, 2008 The world is shot through with the holy. We never know where we might encounter it. W...

When I was in the sixth grade my hair was so long I could sit on it. And I sometimes did! It was also heavy and hot and not exactly easy com...

Because, sometimes a girl needs a new look. That's why!

Because we people who voted for the senator from New York in the primaries cannot tell the difference between a woman with 30 years' exp...

So... it has finally come to pass. Another barrier broken down, another way in which we citizens of the US are just a little more... free to...

That's how I'm feeling this morning. I'm heading back to the office one year minus one day from the day I preached for the call ...