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Liturgical Words: Genesis 1:1-2:3

September 3, 2014
by birch & raven
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(the) Word / Let Us Pray / Preaching the Whole Bible / Spirit Talk

Here’s one of the challenges of preaching off-lectionary: I can’t hit up my go-to sites for liturgy pieces. I’m being forced to exercise my worship writing muscles, which are admittedly a little weak. However, since I have benefited so much from the creativity of others in my worship prep, I figure I’d better pay it forward, so whenever I craft a piece of liturgy, it will get posted here. Please feel free to use it […]

A (White) Preacher’s Responsibility

August 17, 2014
by birch & raven
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(In)Justice / (the) Word / Actively Advocating / Answering the Call / Heart Aches / In the Media / Preaching the Word / Spirit Talk / Wrestling with Angels

I’m preaching today, back from two weeks of vacation. I admit I felt a little relieved last week that I wasn’t preaching, because I was feeling like I would have had to preach about Michael Brown. Little did I know what this week had in store. So now, as a White pastor in a 99% (or more) White community, I’ll be preaching about race and White privilege and violence and offering crumbs to the dogs.  […]