Praying for Juniper Blessing, all who knew and loved her, and for peace and safety for trans people. Vigil tonight at St Luke’s Episcopal Church, Montclair, NJ 🕯️

And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one. #John17 #lectionary #ecumenical #Eastertide after #Ascension

He proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God #Ephesians2 #dailyoffice

New poem inspired by the Good Shepherd in #John10, #Isaiah40, and #Psalm23. "Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand." John 10:6

While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him #Luke24 #Ascension

On Ascension Day: "It was only in Jesus' absence that his friends discovered the full meaning of his presence. It was only in his absence that they completely understood his words and experienced full communion with him; (1/2)

Spotted at @barnesandnoble.com in Union, NJ - The Book of Common Prayer, 2024 General Convention Edition, in a lovely display with A Beautiful Year by @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social, various Bibles, and a blessings jar. #Episcopal #TEC #BCP 📕📚

"Goat herd feasts on Michigan church’s invasive plants" By Shireen Korkzan. I love this whole article! #Episcopal

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you. For behold, darkness covers the land; deep gloom enshrouds the peoples. But over you the Lord will rise #Isaiah60 #Canticle We’ve been reading Isaiah in Bible Study since January & discused this chapter yesterday

“As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world & lure of wealth choke the word & it yields nothing. But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word & understands it, who indeed bears fruit & yields #Matthew13 #dailyoffice

“.. most months it’s the No. 1 consumer of water in the county.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Blessings to mommy’s, grandmas, aunties, godmothers, all who nurture little ones and work for a better future. #mothersday #poem

“Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.” #Matthew7 #dailyoffice 🚪

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord. #Leviticus19 #dailyoffice

For Dandelions ☀️ God of blossoms, who made dandelions bloom like sunshine; let us be like little children, seeing beauty in the weeds and blowing seeds with glee. Amen #spring #poem #prayer

"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.” #Matthew6

Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” #John4 #lectionary

CHURCH, ARTISTS, AND SEX WORKERS PLAN EXPERIMENTAL EASTER SERVICE. This was the headline of a press release we sent in 2007 for “Easter at Avalon” in the former Limelight, originally the Church of the Holy Communion, founded by William Augustus Muhlenberg, whose feast day that year was Easter...

Ps. 23 God is my guide: leading and feeding me, calming my anxiety, nourishing my soul. You are here when death is near, when life is crap and scary. You point out a clear path. Your presence is peace. In the mess, you bless more than I could ever ask. #Psalm23 #lectionary #poem

A few days late, but so excited for this year’s Auden poem! The Poetry Challenge Day 1: Let’s learn one poem together this week. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Then the people stood at a distance, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. #Exodus20 #dailyoffice

Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God. Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, because the Lord had descended upon it in fire; the smoke went up like a kiln. As the blast of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses would speak and God would answer him in thunder. #Exodus19 #dailyoffice

Then the Lord said to Moses, "I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, in order that the people may hear when I speak with you and so trust you ever after." #Exodus19 #dailyoffice

Moses' father-in-law said to him, "What you are doing is not good. You will surely wear yourself out, both you and these people with you. For the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone. Now listen to me. I will give you counsel, and God be with you!” #Exodus18 #dailyoffice

At the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished. They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road?” #Luke24 #lectionary #Emmaus

Love one another deeply from the heart. You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God. #1Peter1 #lectionary

I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. #John20 #dailyoffice

As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. #John15 #dailyoffice #love

"If you believe that Jesus rose from the dead, you are not just believing an odd fact from two thousand years ago; you are trusting that there is a kind of life, a kind of love and trust and joy that is the very essence of Jesus' identity which is now coming to life in you. (1/3)

Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing. And Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously!” #Exodus15 #dailyoffice

I’ve been to this Chick-fil-A with my kids. It’s 15 minutes from my house on a major shopping corridor. Praying for the victims, employees, all who were traumatized, and for an end to gun violence. 🙏🏼

Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. #John14 #dailyoffice

My heart, therefore, is glad, and my spirit rejoices; my body also shall rest in hope. You will show me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy, and in your right hand are pleasures for evermore. #Psalm16 #lectionary #Easter2 #committal

“For 10 days, people admired the vastness of the universe. The frailty and interdependence of the human species. The sheer awesomeness of the moon.” Wonderful article about spiritual dimension of experiencing the cosmos. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...

God thought, "If the people face war, they may change their minds and return to Egypt." So God led the people by the roundabout way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. #Exodus13 #dailyoffice #nowar

Then they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. #Luke24 #dailyoffice #EasterWeek

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came & said to them, “Go, baptizing & teaching. Remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age." #Matthew28 #dailyoffice #EasterWeek

Death tolls: The Human Rights Activists News Agency said at least 1,665 civilians, including 244 children, had been killed in Iran as of Monday. Lebanon’s health ministry on Monday said that more than 1,500 people had been killed in the latest fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. 1/2 @nytimes.com

Praying for peace in the Middle East and an end to the war in Iran! 🙏🏼

#Artemis II - Special guest Astronaut ‘Nutella’ getting involved in breaking the Apollo record with its own flyby 😂🚀🌕

The women left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them and said, "Greetings!" And they came to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers!” #Matthew28 #Easter #Alleluia

Exsultet! Rejoice now, heavenly hosts and choirs of angels!

“Rest on a somatic level is a small resurrection. A resurrection is a waking up into a new thing. It’s life, insight, breathing, refusing, thinking, and movement that is alive and made new. Rest is resurrection.” - Tricia Hersey, from Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto #HolySaturday

For first time ever, Army chief of chaplains fired — by Hegseth baptistnews.com/article/for-...

Veiled for Good Friday 🙏

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take; this is my body.” #Mark14 #dailyoffice #MaundyThursday #poem

Prayer for Trans Protection 🏳️‍⚧️ Loving Creator, who formed the rainbow and humanity in your image; protect trans people: teens, adults & elders / athletes, artists & activists / prisoners, priests & poets; that like a prism, we may refract your divine light. Amen

Grateful to the @churchofengland.org for this 13 minute highlight video from Archbishop Sarah’s Installation. “May we have the audacity to believe in the promises of God, for with him, nothing will be impossible.” #Anglican

“Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.” #Mark11 #dailyoffice #holyweek

I found a mix I made a few years ago and listened to it again today. Songs with the theme “Stay” #holyweek #palmsunday #tunes