Tiny Resurrections: Easter Sunrise 2015 (sermon)

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Reflection on Holy Saturday

For Christians, this week ending with Easter on Sunday is called Holy Week....


Falling in Love: My Encounter with a Homeless Man

I am not often on the subway but the other day I was on the Red Line from Park....


Upon Acquisition of Even More Technology (prayer)

I am hardly a Luddite. Yes, I raised my children without cable and without....


Begin Again in Love (sermon)

March 15, 2015 First Parish Church of Groton Karen G. Johnston Candidate for....


Out of the Mouths of Babes

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For Someone in Deep Pain Who Does Not Yet Pray (prayer)

Let me begin by setting aside my skepticism, my sarcasm, my doubt, my....


Prayer on the 50th Anniversary of Selma

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Winning His Battle with Brain Cancer: A Good Man Has Died

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Reading Life Into Failing Bodies: The Chaplaincy of Eros and Thanatos

A third of my summer chaplaincy internship was spent at a nursing home. It was....