Last Saturday morning dawned like most other Saturday mornings. Loose plans, weary bodies, much that needed our attention. "What do you want today to hold?" I asked my husband. He didn't seem very interested in the question. Distracted, caught up in his own thoughts. "I just have so much to do," he said. "Like what?" […]

What to write, what to write, what to write? When those in charge of our nation's Department of WAR (!!) use snarling, violent words? And speak about bombs, destruction and bloodshed while praying for God's providence over acts of death? What to write, what to write, what to write? When those in power use hard-to-understand, […]

God, grant me the kind of faith that grieves as much for Iranian school girls crushed at their desks as for brave American soldiers. The kind of faith that weeps as much for Palestinian children buried in rubble as for Israeli worshippers killed at worship. The kind of faith that pleads as much for wisdom […]

I have been dormant for a season. Overwork, a new puppy, attending to family needs. I have gone quiet. And in the quiet, I have been pondering this season of life in which I find myself. I turn to Richard Rohr and his book "Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life." Rohr […]

After witnessing the tragic shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, and after hearing the obscenities shouted at her by the officer who pulled the trigger, I was reminded (as were millions of other women) of the time those same obscenities were shouted at me. ********** We were in Louisville, Kentucky this past fall for […]

I keep practicing opposites: When I feel sad, I dance barefoot in the kitchen. When I am tired, I hop on our exercise bike and pedal away. When I feel despair, I read a book of poems on joy. This practice doesn't always work, but it often feels like my best effort at resistance in […]