Mary, the mother of our Lord, is the living example of the insignificant one (a stump) that rests in God, and offers Holy Hospitality to whatever God sends her way. As the Holy Child grows in her, Mary sings a song that celebrates YHWH: Hope of the Anawim: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in GodContinue reading “Week 3 ~ The Hope of The Anawim, Post 4: The Hospitality of Mary (Theotokos)”
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Week Three ~ The Hope of the Anawim, Post 2: Stump Life
It isn’t easy being a stump. To be deemed useless, a failure, unimportant. Isaiah promised the stump of Israel that all was not lost (despite all evidence to the contrary).. that God would do something to fulfill the promise of salvation. As I minister in the midst of the mainline denominations’ stump-dom, I draw theContinue reading “Week Three ~ The Hope of the Anawim, Post 2: Stump Life”
Week Three ~ The Hope of the Anawim, Post 3: Life in the Meantime
We are stumped. No doubt about it. There IS hope. No doubt about that either. So, how are we stumps to live faithfully until the shoot appears? This is the question of Advent, and perhaps it is the question for us as well. The RCL texts for Advent 2A include a passage from Romans 12.Continue reading “Week Three ~ The Hope of the Anawim, Post 3: Life in the Meantime”
Week Three ~ The Hope of the Anawim, Post 1 : Stumps
Isaiah 11:1-9 The prophet speaks a word of hope to a desperate people, using the imagery of a shoot emerging from a dead stump. What amazes me is the contrast of images the prophet offers. First of all, he compares Israel to a dead stump… a tree of promise mowed down. Contrast this with theContinue reading “Week Three ~ The Hope of the Anawim, Post 1 : Stumps”
Journey Week 2: The Vision Beckons, Post 2
Isaiah 2:2-3 2The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; all the nations shall stream to it. 3Many peoples shall come and say, “Come, let usContinue reading “Journey Week 2: The Vision Beckons, Post 2”
Thoughts & Images from the Heart 