Tag Archives: Presence

The Future Now

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: There is No Going Back by Wendell Berry   No, no, there is no going back. Less and less you are that possibility you were. More and more you have become those lives and deaths that have belonged to … Continue reading →

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A meditation on Marie Howe’s What the Living Do

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

What the Living Do by Marie Howe Johnny, the kitchen sink has been clogged for days,  some utensil probably fell down there. And the Drano won’t work but smells dangerous,  and the crusty dishes have piled up waiting for the … Continue reading →

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Abide With Me

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

What is the thread that connects us as a people, the unique comfort and calling of our community pressing upon each of us willing to tend to it, to be tended by it?  What is the thread that connects your … Continue reading →

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God With Us – Christmas 2020

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

It never fails that Christmas comes when I’m not quite ready. It’s a particularly problematic given my profession, but I know I’m not alone.  It’s always such a shock after Thanksgiving, here comes December, and the rush of balancing it … 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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Give Up the Fight – A meditation of radical acceptance

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Give up the fight For some other moment Some other life  Than here, and now Give up the longing  for some other world The wishing  for other choices to make other songs to sing other bodies, other ages,  other countries, … Continue reading →

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Into the Dawning Day

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

This choice – this paradox of life – is at the heart of the Christian calendar this week. What is known as Holy Week. Next Sunday is Easter –which gets all the attention of course, but for me, today, a day known … Continue reading →

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When God Had a Body

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Text: The Education of God – The Incarnation by David Bumbaugh Sermon “When God Had a Body,” December 11, 2016 New Testament scholar and sometimes-skeptic Bart Ehrman tells the story of one special person who lived about 2000 years ago. … Continue reading →

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Holding On for the Blessing

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Worship Story – Orpheus and Eurydice Sermon – Preached on October 5, 2014  When we lose someone or something we deeply love, we don’t know it right away. We think: they must be nearby, let me go after them. We … Continue reading →

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