The Genesis verses that depict Day Three of Creation invite us to plumb unexpected sacramental depths.
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Author: Jill Crainshaw
Jill Crainshaw is the Blackburn Professor of Worship and Liturgical Theology at Wake Forest University School of Divinity in Winston-Salem, N.C. She loves to write and is the author of several books, including a collection of poetry. Her most recent publication is When I in Awesome Wonder: Liturgy Distilled from Everyday Life (Liturgical Press, 2018). Jill's personal blog can be found on her website, jillcrainshaw.com.
A Prayer-Poem for Not-So-Ordinary Days
I will heal their waywardness; I will love them freely. . . I will be like the dew to Israel; she shall blossom like the
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Windows in Walls
When we beautify our gaze, the grace of hidden beauty becomes our joy and our sanctuary. John O’Donohue I have been reflecting quite a bit
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Professing Black Lives Matter
I grew up in a Lutheran church. We professed our faith by saying confessions and creeds. I am a Presbyterian now. We profess our faith
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Through a Glass, Dimly
COVID-19 Shaping Spiritual Communities COVID-19 dwells in the space between us. So we keep our distance. One nursing home in Cincinnati plans to use plexiglas
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“Who Cooked the Last Supper?”
“Who cooked the Last Supper?” This question caught my attention when I saw it as the title of a a 2001 book by Rosalind Miles—Who Cooked the
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With Our Eyes on the Sparrows: A Lenten Reflection for Uncertain Days
Sparrows love the camellia bush just outside our back door. The bush bloomed with extraordinary enthusiasm this spring. Maybe the sparrows just can’t get enough
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Sacred Scatteredness
We may be scattered, but we are not alone. Listen! A sower went out to sow. Matthew 13:3b As this broken bread was scattered
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Dust
I am dust; to dust I shall always return. But don’t assume as you disturb my rest with your omnipotent kitchen broom that I am
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Wild Winter Liturgies
The cedar waxwings arrived yesterday. Waxwings are wonderful, mysterious birds. Here in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, their visits are brief. They come to our backyard for
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