Guilt

I'll be honest; this one makes me nervous. It feels like a level of sharing that is perhaps too much. Even as I have moved beyond the feelings discussed below, exposing this part of myself that I worked so hard to hide feels...reckless.

But I think these thoughts are important and worth sharing. We all hope to find ourselves--to whatever extent possible--in the lives and stories of others; perhaps that's all writing really comes down to as well. Hoping that someone will find themselves in you.

On Love

This is something I've been mulling a lot recently, prompted by an excerpt from a sermon of Augustine of Hippo on what it means to "take up your cross".

As sacrifice is a central theme of the Christian faith it is worth wrestling with what exactly we are being called to do; what "taking up your cross" means. The key, as I see it, is love.

Third Sunday in Lent

I preached again this past Sunday. Not to be immodest but I'm pretty happy with how this one came out.

The lectionary as usual: 

http://www.lectionarypage.net/YearC_RCL/Lent/CLent3_RCL.html