vulnerable – Barb, poet priest

Holiness and a Good Death

Holiness and a Good DeathHoly Week and Easter 2025We call this week holyand the day of his death good.How did he live that holinessknowing trauma and deathwere closing in on him?Though a victim of inhuman cruelty,how did he die revealingthe goodness and love of Godand the potential of humanity?Now in my seventies,I look to himContinue reading “Holiness and a Good Death”

Entering the Kingdom of God

Entering the Kingdom of GodPentecost 21; Mark 10:17-31Children, how hard it isto enter the kingdom of God,and yet how simple.Riches get in the waybecause getting and spendingobscures the simplicityof growing and makingand subtracts from moments of stilled awareness.Possessing robs giving of mutuality;where then is shared gratitudefor all that is given?Achieving gets in the waybecause itContinue reading “Entering the Kingdom of God”

Palm Sunday Paradox

Palm Sunday ParadoxPalm Sunday; Mark 11:1-11They wanted a victor to take power and reign –his crown would be thorns on a victim in pain.The man on a donkey, foretold as a king,rode humbly despite the hosannas they sing.They’d gathered some converts to bolster their cause;his teaching forgotten in shouts and applause.Yet how many times hadContinue reading “Palm Sunday Paradox”