When you follow the thread sentence by sentence it opens itself to your imagination, like a good expository sermon can open a biblical text.

Phrases from hymns and verses from scripture light up my brain. I feel a crazy love for the sunrise. I feel my mother’s presence with

John 12:23-25; 27-28a What is a good death? I often taught this poem in a Narrative Medicine course in my role as ethics consultant in

John 2:13-22 When I was a child, with a beginner’s mind, I loved today’s gospel story. The Cleansing of the Temple we call it. What’s

for Myrtle Takken for her 95th Year Grandma walks toward Easter one more time;I see her walking not toward church but trees—trees of the farm

by Melody Meeter There are advantages to preaching from the lectionary. Think of millions of Christians, Protestant and Catholic, hearing the same texts on the

By Melody Meeter Last week I told about a congregant’s close emotional connection to the Psalms and to David, who was, in her mind, The

By Melody Meeter Now we are in Ordinary Time and the Revised Common Lectionary has us listening to the story of David. This week we

By Melody Meeter A few weeks ago I was visiting Robert in the inpatient hospice unit connected with our hospital. I knew him to be