Reworked
It’s hard to look away from that spinning, centered mass of clay. Watching a skilled potter at work is mesmerizing. The kick, kick, kick, of the foot maintains the wheel’s…
Preacher: Ben Rudeen Kreider
Today I Appoint You
Sometime in the period of dizzying self-awareness of all that stepping into responsibility might mean and all the swirling feelings of growth and possibility and shame and the desire to…
Ablaze
I grew up in extended family structures where there would be lots of cooks in the kitchen. When food was being made and served and eaten people would comment on…
Manifold Wisdom
As a kid at church, I would sit in the pew on the north side of the sanctuary a few rows back and I would take out my bulletin. And…
The Foolishness of God
A few years back – the AC in our car went out in the midst of a sweltering summer. The problem confounded the multiple mechanics we took it to in…
Waiting for the Promise
Waiting well is one of the hardest things we are called to do as humans. Maybe you’re in a conversation with a friend or family member. But it’s so hard…
To the Next World
A novel based on the life of the Italian saint, lover of the poor and friend of creation, St. Francis, includes this story: One day, Francis was walking down the…
Holy Imagination
Last year – 2024 – was the hottest year ever recorded. And the top ten hottest years ever recorded have all been in the past ten years. We have lived through a…
Worthy is the Lamb
I’m continuing to preach from the book of Revelation. The Revelation or Apocalypse of John, is an unveiling, an unmasking of the truth of who God is and what God…
who is and was and is coming
For the next few weeks in this Easter season – I am planning to preach from the book of Revelation. Revelation is the last book of the New Testament, the…