Exploring the Bible in bits and pieces.
The pen pusher, Cynthia Farrar Burse, is a retired clergy member of the PCUSA. Her purpose in life is to help lessen the distance between GOD, the academy, the church pew and the back alley, one word at a time.
Most recent postings:
3. To Whom It May Concern (A Lenten Deliberation)
2. Breaking a Law to Save a Life (Black History Month 2026)
Introduction
Episodes 1–Why the Coming Wrath of GOD is Justified
Episode 2–To Whom GOD is Speaking and What GOD is Saying
Episode 3--Jesus and the Seven Letters
Books by Cynthia Farrar Burse:
For the Record: The Testimonies of Mary Magdalene and Judas Iscariot, 2nd Edition (2025)
A Little Bible Dictionary for Believers, Seekers and Other Spirit Chasers
Contact information: resilience976@gmail.com
I had a traumatic experience many Lenten seasons ago, during my time as a seminarian. I was selected to preach one of the Seven Last Words during a Good Friday service, and at the conclusion of the seventh word each of the presenters received a nail. As a hammer passed from person to person, I…
Citizens and non-citizens in America who have colored skin tones, speak a language other than English, or fit a targeted religious or racial profile now find it necessary to carry freedom papers wherever we go. Proof of our free-person or residency status should we be detained by policing soldiers, currently the Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
(Introduction published 8/1/2025 on Linkedin.com; Updated 11/19/2025) This is a love letter to the holdout-prodigal child sitting in a pew or on a fence somewhere. Sent with the same care and concern that compelled a shepherd to leave ninety-nine other sheep to go after the one who became distracted and journeyed away from the safety…
I had a traumatic experience many Lenten seasons ago, during my time as a seminarian. I was selected to preach one of the Seven Last Words during a Good Friday service, and at the conclusion of the seventh word each of the presenters received a nail. As a hammer passed from person to person, I…
Citizens and non-citizens in America who have colored skin tones, speak a language other than English, or fit a targeted religious or racial profile now find it necessary to carry freedom papers wherever we go. Proof of our free-person or residency status should we be detained by policing soldiers, currently the Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
(Introduction published 8/1/2025 on Linkedin.com; Updated 11/19/2025) This is a love letter to the holdout-prodigal child sitting in a pew or on a fence somewhere. Sent with the same care and concern that compelled a shepherd to leave ninety-nine other sheep to go after the one who became distracted and journeyed away from the safety…
Sacred Deliberations 