A poem for the season of Advent
The Hard, Essential Work of Observing Advent
For the first time in my adult life, I’m nervous about Advent.
Each and All Saints
When we offer nighttime prayers at our house, we always include a section of ‘thank you, God’.
Trick or Treating in the Light-filled Darkness
Halloween isn’t about a godless world ruled by evil and dark spiritual forces. It’s precisely the opposite.
Saint Francis: For the Love of God
I approach the Blessing of the Animals as an opportunity to share the reality that we are stewards of creation.
Holy Cross: Living into Its Meaning
As Christians, we may venerate the Holy Cross by kneeling before it and saying prayers. However, the best way to demonstrate our veneration of the cross is to emulate Jesus who died on it.
Finding Comfort in the Transfigured Christ
There is no question that I am the disciple asking if we can make a dwelling, to try to live inside the fleeting moments when I feel the very palpable love and presence of God.
The Loving Vulnerability of the Visitation
Today we celebrate the Visitation of Mary. The Visitation is when Mary, pregnant with Jesus, goes to visit her cousin Elizabeth, pregnant with John (the baptizer). I like to think about this holy friendship—this time of mutual support and love for each other.
Perfection of the Trinity
Each complete, in and of their own selves, individually, yet exist corporately together, as one construct, or being.
The Blessed Confusion of Pentecost
To arrive at Pentecost, we should go through the Tower of Babel. The arrival of the Holy Spirit rhymes with that story on purpose—so let’s take a moment and follow a story we might not have thought about in years.