Anna MacDonald

Communities in Transition

Fifth Sunday of Easter Psalms 31:1-5, 15-16 Acts 7:55-60 1 Peter 2:2-10The world changed. There’s no going back to “normal”...
May 7, 2020

Fasting From Privilege: Thoughts and Prayers are Not Enough

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 58:1-12 In both Isaiah’s immediate history and ours, God’s people ordained and blessed an oppressive...
February 5, 2020

A Vision for Justice

Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4 Isaiah 1:10-18 Luke: 19-1-10 Habakkuk and his lament resonate acutely. He could very...
October 30, 2019

A Vision for Justice

Twentieth Sunday After PentecostHabakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4Isaiah 1:10-18Luke: 19-1-10 Habakkuk and his lament resonate acutely. He could very well be a...
October 30, 2019

Rich Towards God

Eighth Sunday After PentecostLuke 12:13-21I work in development for a Human Services non-profit that meets people’s basic needs, while we...
July 30, 2019

Mary’s Topsy-Turvy Vision

Fourth Sunday of AdventLuke 1:39-55In her hymn, Mary has a personal understanding and clear vision that God’s work in the...
December 19, 2018

Good Work

Eighteenth Sunday after PentecostProverbs 31:10-31 The world has a helluva time imagining women as subjective beings apart from a relationship...
September 19, 2018

A Complex Mess

Fifth Sunday After Pentecost1 Samuel 17Psalm 9:9-202 Corinthians 6:1-13 If you read selectively a la the UMC lectionary edit, David...
June 20, 2018

Easter Bewilderment

Easter SundayJohn 20:1-18Mark 16:1-8I Corinthians 15:1-11 My grandma’s ashes are on my bookcases in a striped canvas bag. She died...
March 27, 2018

Face to Face

Genesis 32:22-31 Psalm 17:1-7, 15 Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:13-21 God is serving up some experiential learning this week. I have...
August 2, 2017