Tag Archives: Fear

Goodness Beyond the Good Life

Posted on November 20, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front, by Wendell Berry Last Sunday, I told you about sitting down with the Rabbi from Har Shalom, and how the first people to call her after the Hamas attack were Christian Evangelicals. What … Continue reading →

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Our Ghost Stories

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

From about third grade until about eight grade, I spent a week each summer at Camp David Jr. on Lake Crescent in Washington State. I loved everything about camp,especially canoeing on the clear lake, and the camp fire stories and songs … Continue reading →

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Love That Stays

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

“You can love someone, and fail them.” Louis offers this explanation to his lover, Prior, as he is trying to tell him that he is moving out. “You can love someone, and fail them,” Louis tells him, “and I love … Continue reading →

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The Descent – a Rosh Hashanah reflection after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

I know she didn’t quite make it to Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish High Holy Days which begin this evening – but I still think there’s something auspicious and instructive about Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death being in such proximity to this day,  A … Continue reading →

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Blessed Unrest

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: Fault Lines by Robert Walsh  As we have been feeling the fault lines in all of our living rooms this week, I’ve been thinking about the stories of the Hebrew Bible.  Especially the story of Exodus – which begins with an … Continue reading →

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State of Emergence-y

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

When I came back from sabbatical last fall, I carried with me this one poem as a guiding light, and grounding. It’s by Pablo Neruda, called Keeping Quiet. It’s a poem about the wisdom of stillness – the healing we … Continue reading →

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(Don’t) Be Afraid – Christmas Eve Homily 2018

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

We live in times where fear is a regular part of life.  People often feel afraid  – sometimes very afraid. For themselves, for their future – for their children, for our earth, and for our world.   It’s why I’ve been … Continue reading →

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The Plunge

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

When I was a kid, some of my friends had a cabin on a lake, where just off to the side there was a place you could go, and jump off the ledge into the water below.  I’d watched my friends … Continue reading →

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Courageous Love

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

In my life, the earliest example I remember of what I would call courageous love was from Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen. Archbishop Hunthausen was the Archbishop of Seattle from when I was born until I was 15. Since I grew up, … Continue reading →

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Eyes to See, Ears to Hear

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Listen to this sermon here. Story – The Beggar and the Box from Eckhart Tolle Sermon That story is one of my favorites, I’ve told it a few times here. In this season where we are making lists of all … Continue reading →

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