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Walter Brueggemann

Rev. Dr. Charlene Rachuy Cox 5/1/25 Rev. Dr. Charlene Rachuy Cox 5/1/25

Practice Resurrection

During Lent this year,
I had a hard time
Not rushing ahead
To Easter.
Perhaps,
It is because
Of the state of the world.
Perhaps,
It is the season
In my own life.
Perhaps,
It is simply
The tendency
Of being human

Rev. Dr. Charlene Rachuy Cox 3/13/25 Rev. Dr. Charlene Rachuy Cox 3/13/25

Old Prayer, New Words

The “Our Father,”

The “Lord’s Prayer,”

“The words that Jesus taught us to pray.”

They have been prayed

Millions,

And millions,

And millions of times.

Rev. Dr. Charlene Rachuy Cox 2/13/25 Rev. Dr. Charlene Rachuy Cox 2/13/25

Practice for the Times We Really Need It

I love the liturgy.

I recent years and months,

I have forgotten just how much I love the liturgy.

Rev. Dr. Charlene Rachuy Cox 9/24/24 Rev. Dr. Charlene Rachuy Cox 9/24/24

I Am A Woman With A Reputation (Luke 7:36-58)

I am drawn to women’s stories –
in their own voices,
about their own lives,
telling their own experiences.

Mary Jo Robinson 8/29/24 Mary Jo Robinson 8/29/24

The Sacred Ordinary: The Patterns Are Not Mine

But, when finally, I learn the ring-ness of human things, how rhythms pulled away aren’t left behind at all. I know I walk in shoes that are not mine.