Brian J. Walsh's Blog, page 20

Revoicing the Psalms: Psalm 3

A day is coming // and that day has surely come // when the beat of the accusers // will be drowned out by // the rhythm of love.

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Stolen Land

It's a stolen land,

but it's all we got

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Pentecost and the Blasphemy of “America First”

“America First” means creation last.

“America First” means God last.

“America First” means the Spirit last.

"America First" is a blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.

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Worship, Doubt and Ascension

Worship without doubt

is the posture of idolatry,

the faith of an ideology.

True worship not only welcomes doubt,

it requires doubt.

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Revoicing the Psalms: Psalm 2

The God who has died a thousand deaths / will die a thousand more / each time embracing the grave / as one more chance to love. // Revoicing Psalm 2

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Revoicing the Psalms: Psalm 1

Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, who refuse to deny God’s invitation to shalom.

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By the Rivers of our Fundamentalist Captivity

By the rivers of our fundamentalist captivity we sat down and wept, and wept. And when we could weep no more, tears dried in the sun, we leapt. Preaching the poetry of protest, snarling songs of salvation.

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Resurrection, Jesus and Leonard

Settling in either knowing or unknowing,

resolving the tension of faith and doubt

would have been cheap and superficial,

regardless of where one landed.

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Easter! Too Good to be True?

What if the story that scripture tells isn’t a fairy tale…

what if instead, all fairy tales are resonating with

and hinting at this singular real story that shapes our history?

What if we’re created to long for these stories, to recognize them as familiar?

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Forsaken by God: Susannah’s Story

And then Jesus lifted up his voice.

And he prayed my prayer,

he prayed the words of the psalm,

the words that my people had cried

through the centuries,

the words that I had cried over and over,

“My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”

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