Revived from pandemic
People gather in one place
The Spirit violently disrupts
An amazed community erupts
The tapestry of humanity
Celebrates abundant life
No longer tense
It all makes sense
Moving with Divine flow
Complementary rhythms harmonize
As people of God begin to arise.
Sparks of fire
a descending dove
A revolution of Christ-like love.
In the fall (2020), I took a New York Theological Seminary “Urban Leadership Seminar” with Bishop Alfred Johnson […]
This prayer was inspired by a Father’s Day sermon my dad, Chris Hinnen preached on 6/15/97. He died on April 27, 2012
Tight shoulders Heavy heart Shallow breath Weary body, mind, spirit I hear Jesus whisper: Beloved child, Lean into […]
Secrecy
Fear
Closed Doors
Power Plays
The clouds move out of the way
Shadows clear
The star shines brilliantly
on truth and love
Emanating not from above
but from God-with-us.
wisdom
treasure
majesty
A child born to lead the way
a voice to follow on a different road
beyond the end and into the promise
of a new beginning.
As we come to the end of the calendar year 2020, I am thinking of the stories I […]
“My soul magnifies the Lord,and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,for you have looked with favor on […]
And Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called […]
As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,
“See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way;
the voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,’” Mark 1:2-3
In the early 19080s, men in the church began dying from what was known at the time as “gay cancer.” As traumatic as the disease was, the fearful response of church and society created even more isolation, stigma, and shame.
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