I blogged about gun control a few days ago. So I shouldn’t have been surprised when the comment section turned into a battle ground. No one to blame but myself, really. People who wouldn’t normally read my blog found it because of the topic. One of them wrote on his own blog that he searches…
A number of my friends shared an interesting article on Facebook this morning about gun violence. It is a good article. BUT It, like many others I have read, treats the issue of gun violence as if data and information were the missing piece. It offers helpful maps, statistics, and other information. But we don’t…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on January 26, 2014 by Marci Glass. Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 Luke 10:25-37 The Book of Leviticus gets its name from the Levitical priests who used it as a manual to help them in their worship plans, among other things. It is a book about worship.…
John 1:29-42 Isaiah 49:1-7 A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on January 19, 2014. Not all of the gospels bother to describe Jesus’ birth. But they all have accounts of his baptism. And when you can get Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John to agree on anything, even if the details are…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church on January 12, 2014 by Marci Auld Glass. John 1: 1-18 Sirach 24 I suspect that many of you are not familiar with the Book of the Wisdom of Sirach, and that is for good reason. It isn’t actually in your bibles. It isn’t considered scripture in the…
Five years ago, my first year at Southminster, we celebrated Baptism of Our Lord in worship. In the sermon, I mentioned that by being baptized, we join with Christ in his baptism. And God is, therefore, also speaking to us when God’s voice shreds the heavens apart to yell “This is my beloved child, in…
It sounds so decadent, to even write the title of this post. But the word I drew in worship on Sunday, the word I’m going to be praying with this coming year, is “pleasure”. True story. I had been sorting through the word stars last week, getting them ready for worship, and praying over each…
Here are some reflections from around the blogosphere from folks about their new star words. The Pudgy Parson wrote “Joyful and Triumphant” about her word “Triumph”. Whitney, at Glimpses of Grace wrote “Found in Translation” about her word, “Vision”. Mary Beth begins her ruminations on “Testimony” at “Watch This Space” over at Terrapin Station. The…
Today the church celebrates the Feast of Epiphany. But since we’re Presbyterian flavored Christians, we actually celebrated it yesterday in worship. (Mid-week worship for most Presbyterians I know is limited to Christmas Eve, Ash Wednesday, and maybe Maundy Thursday.) Anyhow, we received our new STARwords in worship yesterday and I’ve been drawing stars for blog…
One of my resolutions last year (maybe two years ago? who knows….) was to read more poetry. It worked. I seek out poetry now in a way I didn’t use to do. And the poet who has resonated with me a lot is Rainer Maria Rilke, particularly the Book of Hours. There were many other…
Glass Overflowing 