a prophetic voice-

Haven't written here in a very long while... not because I have had nothing to say but perhaps because I just needed time to figure out what to say and how to say it. Even as I write this, I realize that I still don't have the "right" words...at least not words which everyone I pastor or with whom I am friends will want to hear. But I can only write and speak and live from my heart, from my convictions, from the relationship I have forged with the One who Loves and Accepts and Forgives. So here goes... The decision handed down by the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the legality of same-sex marriage as the law of the land is one which fills my heart with joy since in it I hear, at long last, justice for my LGBTQ sisters and brothers. Having had the privilege of presiding at one same-sex marriage this spring, the lovely culmination of an eighteen-year committed relationship between two wonderful men, I am looking forward to being able to ser...

no answers... Who? What? Where? When? Why? Questions float to the surface      of my mind perpetually only to be shoved aside by      still more questions...           and surprisingly few answers It is the state in which      I find myself most often...      walking on unstable ground      amidst the shifting mists of time... Past, present, future melding together      into the inseparable mix      of Eternity nothing more... There is nothing more that I can do, nothing more that I can say. Here I am just as I am being who I am            because I know no other way Being true to this singular self           true to my experienced truth         ...

I ask the questions, give the answers Listen as they repeat the answers Back to me, to the congregation, To God, to all of creation, to angels and archangels And the whole company of heaven "I will, and I ask God to help and guide me." Youthful voices making eternal promises Setting their intention, deeply meant, to be sure- And I know the testing that will surely come The rocks and brambles on the path Which will tangle and grasp, trip and challenge Not an easy road they have chosen, I know, And I smile at their youthful determination And breathe a blessing from my heart