"Perhaps the World Ends Here," by Joy Harjo
Theologian's Almanac for Week of December 22, 2024
Christmas, Daily Inspiration, Theologian's Almanac, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerNorman Maclean, Christmas Eve Truce, Silent Night, Silent Night history, Earthrise, Earthrise 1968, first radio broadcast, Christmas Day, Christmas Day history, Christmas, First Nativity, St. Francis Nativity, Clara Barton, Red Cross, Red Cross origin, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Kepler, Johannes Kepler, Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin HMS Beagle, On the Origin of Species, Lumiere brothers, Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory, Auguste and Louis Lumiere
A Christmas Feast of Poems
Advent, Christmas, Poetry, Daily InspirationElizabeth MyerChristmas poems, Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry, Ted Kooser, Lucille Clifton, Marie Howe, Denise Levertov, Jane Kenyon, Naomi Shihab Nye, Robert Hayden, Making the House Ready for the Lord, Making the House Ready for the Lord by Mary Oliver, a song of mary, Mary's Dream by Lucille Clifton, Remembering that it happened once, Remembering that it happened once by Wendell Berry, Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden, Those Winter Sundays, Annunciation by Marie Howe, Christmas Mail by Ted Kooser, Mosaic of the Nativity by Jane Kenyon, Mosaic of the Nativity, On the Mystery of the Incarnation, Different Ways to Pray, Different Ways to Pray by Naomi Shihab Nye, Christmas poem, Christmas Poem by e e cummings, Christmas Sparrow, Christmas Sparrow by Billy Collins
Love Remakes the World: SALT’s Commentary for Advent Week Four
Advent, Lectionary Commentary, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerLectionary Commentary, Progressive Lectionary Commentary, Progressive Christian Lectionary Resources, Progressive Christian Lectionary Commentary, Progressive Christian Lectionary Resource, Luke 1:39-56, Luke 1:39-56 commentary, Advent 4C commentary
Rethinking Christmas
An Advent Poem by Wendell Berry
Theologian's Almanac for Week of December 15, 2024
Daily Inspiration, Theologian's Almanac, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerWinter Solstice, It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Charles Wesley, Hark, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Bill of Rights, Bill of Rights freedom of religion, First Amendment freedom of religion, Freedom of Religion
Joy, Wind & Fire: SALT’s Commentary for Advent Week Three
Advent, Worship Resources, Lectionary CommentaryElizabeth MyerProgressive Lectionary Commentary, Progressive Christian Lectionary Resources, Progressive Christian Lectionary Commentary, Luke 3:7-18, Luke 3:7-18 commentary, Zephaniah 3:14-20 commentary, Advent Week Three, Advent 3C
Jesus Was a Refugee
Two Advent Poems by Emily Dickinson
Theologian's Almanac for Week of December 8, 2024
Peace & Freedom: SALT’s Commentary for Advent Week Two
Lectionary Commentary, Advent, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerLectionary Commentary, Progressive Lectionary Commentary, Progressive Christian Lectionary Resources, Progressive Christian Lectionary Commentary, Progressive Christian Lectionary Resource, Luke 3:1-6, Luke 3:1-6 commentary, Second Week of Advent Year C, Advent, Advent 2C, Advent Week Two, Advent Week Two Year C, Malachi 3:1-4, Malachi 3:1-4 commentary
Theologian's Almanac for Week of December 1, 2024
Advent, Daily Inspiration, Theologian's Almanac, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerBlue Marble photograph, Apollo 17, Joyce Kilmer, Alfred Joyce Kilmer, St. Nicholas, feast day of St. Nicholas, Christina Rossetti, In the bleak mid-winter, Rainer Maria Rilke, World AIDS Day, Rosa Parks, Rosa Parks real story, Rosa Parks true story, Advent, First Sunday of Advent
from "A Christmas Memory," by Truman Capote
Hope Is a Verb: SALT’s Commentary for Advent Week One
Advent, Lectionary Commentary, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerLectionary Commentary, Progressive Lectionary Commentary, Progressive Christian Lectionary Resources, Progressive Christian Lectionary Commentary, Progressive Christian Lectionary Resource, Luke 21:25-36, Luke 21:25-36 commentary, Advent Week One, Advent commentary, Jeremiah 33:14-16, Jeremiah 33:14-16 commentary
Advent Candle Lighting Litanies
"Word," by Madeleine L'Engle
Theologian's Almanac for Week of November 24, 2024
Daily Inspiration, Theologian's Almanac, Worship ResourcesElizabeth MyerMark Twain, Huckleberry Finn, Madeleine L'Engle, Benedict Spinoza, C.S. Lewis, Native American Heritage Day, Thanksgiving, Marilynne Robinson, Lewis Thomas, Pope Saint John XXIII, Vatican II, Second Vatican Council, Spinoza, Spinoza birthday
A Brief Theology of Thanksgiving
True Power: SALT’s Commentary for Reign of Christ the King Sunday