A friend tells a story of being a little boy and having an ice cream cone in the back of the old family Cadillac on a hot summer day.
Your Sins are Forgiven
One of the most challenging aspects of parenting is seeking forgiveness.
Finding God on the Mountain and in the Valley
There are certain rhythms of the liturgical year I can often feel like I’m learning for the very first time.
Jesus’ Baptism and Ours
Jesus’ baptism marked an incredible turning point.
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.
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.