Back at the turn of the century, 24 years ago now, I led a Quiet Day at our church on Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle. In […]
Unpacking Religious Trauma & Growing My Faith
There was fear in the evangelical air in the 1990s-early 2000s. The Left Behind series took the evangelical world by storm, homeschooling was on the rise, and […]
The Big Way of Love for Kids
When the pandemic struck, I–like so many other parents of young children–suddenly found myself unresourced and unsupported in the total care of a growing person. After […]
Shield the Joyous
I’ve started praying a very specific prayer every time I see the news of another school shooting: shield the joyous, Lord. It has become an important part […]
How to pray when it’s just not working for you
We end up banging our spiritual heads against the wall many times over the course of a life. The cause can be many things, including […]
Finding Solace: A Story of Pregnancy Loss and Faith
Content Warning: The following essay includes a discussion of pregnancy loss. When I was standing at the threshold of so many beginnings in my life—newly […]
Beatified Anyway
Dear Grow Christians Community, It’s with profound sadness that I write with the news of Elizabeth Felicetti’s death. A Grow Christians contributor and brilliant writer, […]
Praying Honestly & Irreverently
As a priest, my bookshelves are lined with prayer books. There are the obvious ones like The Book of Common Prayer, Book of Occasional Services, […]
Learnings from the Lice Prayer
The emails started not long before winter break. My kindergartner’s teacher shared in her weekly newsletter that there were cases of lice in the classroom.
Lessons from a Sabbatical
When I took a sabbatical from my congregation last fall, I planned to be away from home for half of the ten week time period.