-Lady-
There is an elegance in saying “Lady.” I like pronouncing the word as if it were a chocolate ready to melt, gum your fingers, and chemically change your mood. Lady has a dignity, and it is allowed to eat ice cream in front of Matlock while sweats wearing if it wants to. Some people say the word “woman,” and they mean it like some lemon lozenge in your throat stopping you from coughing: *girlgirlgirl* Or sometimes woman is prescribed in italics: woman. It can be a migraine itself, woman. Said like “get behind me nurse.” Then there is “female.” That prickly-clean paper crumpling of the doctor’s chairbed creasing your thigh and that notcovering gown. Female is ready to see you now, It peers over a clipboard and looks about to give...
Read MoreSermon in Lent 1B- Comfort in the Wilderness.
Grace and peace be unto you from God our Father, and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen. Today on the first day of Lent we hear again about Jesus’ baptism. Now if you were to look at baptisms we do here at Trinity, you might expect Jesus to celebrate afterward. We light special candles, give you presents, and there’s even a tiny parade where we introduce you to all the smiling faces of the community that promises to nurture you in faith. We warn you about the choir. We welcome you into the Lord’s family. We take pictures. We may even clap and cheer! But in our Gospel story today, Jesus does not go home and take a nap after his baptism, nor does he go to celebrate afterward by having lunch at the Red Plate Diner with his family. There’s no feast, no...
Read More