I’ve spent a long time pondering what universal human experience the story of the Transfiguration is trying to tell us.
Slow Down. Quiet. It’s Easter
Sometimes, Easter comes a little too soon.
Shouldering Our Way through Good Friday
Shouldering is a way of moving upwards, out of the darkness and into the light. Not unlike human shoulders that shrug and scrunch, sometimes toward the ears and sometimes back down toward the belly, when a vegetable is good and ready it will scrunch and shoulder toward the sky.
Laying down our burdens during Lent
The Samaritan woman, whom the orthodox church names Saint Photini, carries a burden of shame along with her water jar as she walks the through heat and dust.
What she didn’t tell him
I want to turn our attention to the short story in Luke’s Gospel, when Jesus goes missing.
Saint Jude’s Important Question
When my kids were younger, my husband and I did a lot of faith-at-home practices throughout the year.
How James of Jerusalem Enhances My Faith
While his martyrdom is certainly dramatic, what is most interesting to me about James is the controversy surrounding his relationship to Jesus.
The Loose Tooth and Ordinary Time
I have been thinking about Jesus’ life on earth and trying to wrap my head around what his life might have been like.
Does God care about my skinned knee?
What is your favorite day in the Church Year? Christmas? Easter? Pentecost? All Saints?
Does anyone ever answer with Ascension Day?
Brotherly Love
Over the past few months, our three sons have engaged in sibling fighting so much more so than ever before.