Month: April 2020
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Here, on the Road: A Poem for the Third Sunday of Easter
When I’m not scheduled to give a video sermon for my church, Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst, MA (you can see some of our videos here ), I’ll be putting my energy towards a poem inspired by one or more of the lectionary texts instead. You can read this Sunday’s Scriptures here. This poem addresses…
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Christ-Dreams: Good Friday
A few years ago, I began to write a series of poems called “Christ-Dreams” envisioning Jesus as a woman. One of those poems, “Christ-Dreams: Labor,” was published last year in Psaltery & Lyre, which you can read here. Today I ended up revisiting that series by writing this poem. Hoping you are having a very…
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“And Every Tongue Should Confess”: A Poem for Palm Sunday
This poem was written in lieu of a sermon for Palm Sunday 2020, since many of our churches (including the church where I work) have suspended worship in-person due to the coronavirus pandemic. Readings for Palm Sunday can be found here. This poem draws on the epistle reading, Philippians 2:5-11, as well as the Gospel…