Slowing Down during the Advent Season
This year, I want to slow down and savor the Advent season.
Liturgical Year
Looking ahead to Advent
Now that my kids are in 7th and 9th grades, I’m trying to be realistic about how we will slow down and engage Advent as a family because we have a lot less time in the afternoon and evenings than we did a decade ago.
The Case for All Souls Day
I believe that the observance of All Souls Day is crucial.
Allhallowtide
As the end of another church year draws to a close, I remember that death and time separate me from both my beloved ancestors and the descendants I long to know.
Bearing the Cross
What is the cross of Christ, if not an instrument of death transformed into beauty?
The mythic, universal power of the Transfiguration
I’ve spent a long time pondering what universal human experience the story of the Transfiguration is trying to tell us.
Endings and New Beginnings
In late spring and early summer, we experience a lot of endings—and new beginnings.
It’s a really big circle.
Healing. Connection. Belonging. Love. These are the words of Pentecost.
Thinking ahead to Pentecost: Five Ways to Celebrate
There’s plenty there to meditate on (and grow into) for a lifetime. And it’s definitely worth celebrating at home. Here are five ideas for your family – including a mix of fast, simple and elaborate ways to keep the feast of Pentecost.
Why stand around, looking at the sky?
I was privileged to spend my first two summers after college performing at the Sterling Renaissance Festival.