Easter Came Early at Haywood Street Easter worship this morning at First Presbyterian in Asheville was pretty spectacular. The music, the liturgy, the message and the visual pageantry combined to create an inspiring celebration of God’s love for all of us in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. But it was my second Easter [...]
Wake up call…
December 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Grace & Peace, Y’all, (be forewarned…I get a little “preachy” in this one) Come cold, come rain, come gray skies…it cannot stop the warming embrace of our Creator from gathering us together on Wed! Even in the nasty weather, the line at 11:30 was out of the kitchen door! Folks were standing in the rain [...]
At Haywood Street…we PRAISE…
December 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
This past Wed, we danced off our turkey, shouted “Praise God”, and laughed with the joy of being a broken and beautiful family of the One who created us all – in the dining room, kitchen, and in the Sanctuary. The 5th Wed of the month are usually the most unusual, we’ve found. With disability [...]
“there are no homeless Jews”
October 12, 2011 by 2 Comments
Towards a new literalism. Not the retreads of exclusion, hierarchy, judgment and damnation, all steel frayed and without theological traction, but the infallibility of scripture that can’t be interpreted away. From Isaiah and Amos, John and Jesus, the message is unflinching: God shows up for the poor. And so should the Church. Said a Hobo, [...]