On this Feast of the Epiphany, a day marked by an exceptional act of adoration, I wonder how we mark our ordinary days together? What are our everyday habits? What lengths do we go to honor the ordinary goodness in our lives?
Beautiful Blue Christmas
I have long loved Darryl Worley’s song ‘Awful Beautiful Life’ that’s linked above. It came out around the time I graduated from college and it reminds me that life is crazy, tragic, and magic.
Do Not Fear
People tend to bridle at the oft-repeated biblical injunction to ‘fear God.’
Love Your Enemy. Love Your Neighbor
It was 7:00 in the morning and someone was knocking at my door.
What’s In The Word? A Podcast to Help Children and Youth Find Themselves in Scripture
Our churches can, and must, be spaces where children are seen, heard, known, and loved for exactly who they are.
Speak now, my whole heart!
In my household, when we find ourselves really angry with each other, we begin to compose elaborate prefaces for our sentences.
Preparing for a Holy Lent with Children
Lent begins in less than a week. For the first time in three years, it actually feels like the beginning of a new season rather than a continuation of a pandemic-induced eternal Lent.
This Advent, This Love
In keeping with a resounding theme, Advent, this year, has truly served as a time to reflect on love
I’m just glad he’s not gay.
And all day I have listened to partisan commentators insist that their own hateful and inflammatory rhetoric against the LGBTQIA+ community cannot be blamed for this incident, because the shooter is “one of their own.” Hypocrites! Viper’s brood!
Relational Theology: The Cornerstone of Our Ethos
Our love for God can only be manifested by our love for our neighbor.