Sacred Deliberations

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.

5. Enduring Patiently as A Conscientious Objector

4. News of Concern and Strings of Hope

3. To Whom It May Concern (A Lenten Deliberation)

2. Breaking a Law to Save a Life (Black History Month 2026)

  1. A Compact Series on the Book of Revelation: For the Prodigal Child Sitting in the Pew or on the Fence

Introduction

Episode 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

Author: Cynthia F. Burse

  • Enduring Patiently as A Conscientious Objector

    The other evening as I was squeezing out the final hours of a free week of Apple TV, I came across a documentary entitled “The Conscientious Objector.” The subject of the film was a man named Desmond Doss, a Seventh Day Adventist and conscientious objector during World War II, but the title of the documentary…

  • News of Concern and Strings of Hope

    An online article in Level Man magazine recently compared John Roberts, current Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, to the late Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. The report said that Taney’s “opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) is widely regarded by historians, legal scholars, and even modern Supreme Court justices as the worst…

  • To Whom It May Concern (A Lenten Deliberation)

    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…

  • Breaking a Law to Save a Life

    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…

  • A Compact Series on the Book of Revelation: For the Prodigal Child Sitting in the Pew or on the Fence (Introduction)

    (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…