Year C - Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Some of the most thrilling moments of my adult life have recurred every year on Christmas Eve. As parents blessed with two children we have taken great pleasure in the preparing of the annual presents for our son and daughter under the tree. Before Santa Claus ever arrives [and I add that as a cautionary […]
Read MoreYear C: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Old Blue Eyes Sinatra sings a lot of my favorite music, do-be-do-be-doing his way into my head almost daily. But whether I want to remember it or not, I must confess that a jazzy commercial jingle from decades ago buzzes me when I least expect it: I can bring home the bacon, (ba ba ba […]
Read MoreYear C: Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
A middle school kid was headed down the block after class to the 7-Eleven for a corn dog and a smoothie, on her way to babysit for the neighbor’s girls. At an alley a couple of high school dropouts pulled her around the corner, yanked her book bag off her, threw the books at her, […]
Read MoreYear C: Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
When I was little our family celebrated Independence Day by returning to the small town where my grandparents lived, partly because it felt appropriate to be in Independence, Virginia on July 4th. There was a big parade down the main drag. Participants threw candy. Nothing says Independence like high school kids sweating it out in […]
Read MoreYear C – Sixth Sunday after Pentecost.
I came to San Antonio last year unsure of what long term plans God might have for me. Would I ever return to Washington, DC? Would I ever work in politics again? Was I returning to my home state of Texas for good? While I do not regret coming to Baptist Health System to work […]
Read MoreYear C – Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
His name was Clementa Pinckney. To some he was Senator Pinckney. To others, he was Reverend Pinckney or Pastor. Still others, Brother Clementa, husband or father. I met South Carolina State Representative Clementa Pinckney in 2006, when I worked for the Center for Policy Alternatives in Washington, DC. As the daughter of a Baptist minister […]
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