the Rev. Em Johnson, MDiv, STM
I’m not a poet. But during my second Master’s program, I wrote a pretty neat poem. It’s biblical, but also pushes the implicit gender we find in scripture. The first mechanic was replacing verses of divine summoning with “come out.” … Read more
And they said, “Why am I so favored, that the bearer of my Lord should come out to me?” Zechariax was filled with Holy Breath and broke out in song: “Bless the God of our ancestorx, because they have come … Read more
Grace to you, and peace from God our Creator and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Here we are on Palm Sunday, marking both the end of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week. Here we turn our faces from the … Read more
Grace to you, and peace from God our Creator and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. We’ve nearly made it to the end of another year. Where 2017 went I’m not quite sure, and 2018 will be upon us in no … Read more
Grace to you, and peace from God our Creator and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. On this day we celebrate the feast of St Michael and All Angels. Most congregations wouldn’t celebrate this festival unless if fell on a Sunday, … Read more
Branding has never been one of my strengths. That’s why the old title of this blog was “a somewhat sarcastic reading of the ELCA’s 25th anniversary slogan:” (almost) always being made (sorta) new. But since my first attempt at rebranding, … Read more