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Advent Word 26 - Proclaim

Posted by Rob McClellan on Dec 24, 2020

Tomorrow we can Go Tell it On the Mountain  Today, Just inhale           Inhale the preciousness of this time           Inhale the waiting and even the aching of the...

Advent Word 25 - Holy

Posted by Rob McClellan on Dec 23, 2020

What does holy ground feel like?           Is the acidity of the soil different?           Is it free of plastic -- is anything these days?           Are only...

Wisdom isn’t knowing things. Wisdom is knowing which things are useful to know right now. Every day, it’s good practice to go down to the river to get some water.           Water that comes from somewhere...

Advent Word 23 - Mystery

Posted by Rob McClellan on Dec 21, 2020

The closer we get to Christmas, the closer we get to mystery. There are problems to be solved in this world,           Just as there are floors to be swept. That’s honest work. It’s not our only work. Some of our work is feeling...

Advent Word 22 - Rejoice

Posted by Rob McClellan on Dec 20, 2020

This year?  Really?  Rejoice!?!? Well, don’t deny reason for grieving, weeping, even despairing,           But, yes, rejoice.  It’s a discipline, not a reflex...though maybe it could become that. Rejoice at the sunrise...

Take turns. Give turns. Re-turn. Turn around. Turn away. Turn toward. Necks are helpful for they help us see so much more. So much baggage has been handed people by religion,            Which is simply trying to help people to...

Bless - it’s a word we throw around a lot, in circles religious or not.             “Bless you” we say to someone we wish well           Or has just sneezed. Or, we are from...

Learn?   What happened to “get”?   Whatever happened to having it figured out, reaching enlightenment, arriving?  Leadership is a journey.           Like...

Advent Word 18 - Pray

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Posted by Rob McClellan on Dec 16, 2020

One of the ancestors said: “Pray without ceasing.” It’s not an invitation to speak without taking a breath. It’s more of an invitation to take a breath.  It’s a challenge to allow the heart to break...

In religious life (and keep reading even if you’re not religious) little has changed more this year than worshiping.  We’ve gone from gathering in person under the same roof, with our only fear being we might nod off during the sermon (and be spotted) to yearning with every...