Author Archives: AaronUMC

the start of Holy Week Jesus went into the templeflipping over the money changers tables an actshining a lighton the economic explotationof the poor a momentin a storyoften easilyforgotten Jesus calls usto divestfrom fossil fuelsprofiting from wrecking the planet, is wrong Jesus calls usto demandhousing justiceon the thousands of homes being foreclosed Jesus calls ustoContinue reading “Table Turning Monday”

a simple protestpalms representing resistancefor first century Palestinian Jews can’t you hear it?can’t you see it? the little child shall lead themmarch for our livesPalm Sunday came early this year crying out, save usenough is enoughnot one morebooks not bullets this is just the starttable turning Monday is whereour thoughts and prayersget turned into actionContinue reading “Palm/Passion Sunday”

on the days you feel like dustlike messy dirtthat cannot be cleaned off or blown awayby the smallest breath do you not knowwhat the Holy Onecan do with dust?  on this daywe prophetically proclaimwe are scorched  we are markedby the sign on the crossin honor ofwhat has made it through the burning  this is theContinue reading “Dust of the Spirit”

begins with the imposition of ashesreminding us of the Holy Oneand of the stark reminder that we will all die one day we wait and sit in the wildernessfor the next forty days a time for personal reflection and inspectionto remind ourselves of the onewho made the ultimate sacrifice for us for you so that one dayyou mightContinue reading “Lent”

Advent starts the new Christian year the life cycle of Christ begins again new birth springs from a lonely manger in a barn since the inn had no room perishing are the refugees then and now Mary and Joseph were in exile fleeing their home just like the refugees South of the Mexico border unspeakableContinue reading “Advent Week 1: Hope”

the waters of the shoreline say beloved you are not alone we are with you when others say: you are too broken, too wounded and not enough the ebb and flow of the waters on the shoreline say enough, beloved. enough. when they say: you are too fat, child. too queer, child. the shoreline isContinue reading “Advent Week 2: Love”

an act of resistance against a world full of despair we are living in a time where nothing is normal that is okay for in the holy act of waiting we can fully understand just how much we are loved by a boy who will one day unsettle the world with his joy for learningContinue reading “Advent Week 3: Joy”

the birth of Jesus an act of peace during turbulent times history reminds us that peace isn’t an easy task nor should it become one war and famine is all around us we are here in the midst of a pandemic yet peace is strived for by those living in God’s Kindom we might notContinue reading “Advent Week 4: Peace”

epiphany is not just for the wisemen but for the lost ones for those who are hanging on by a thread for the ones where that star is the only hope they got a star in the east a glimmer of hope a reason to stay a reason to live follow that star to aContinue reading “Advent Week 5: Light”