Krista Tippet's third On Being Foundations podcast is on the concept of time: different types of time, the true nature of time, the difference between chronos and kairos time. I invite you to take a listen. Today, I want to focus on an idea Tippet mentions from the professor of International Peacebuilding, John Paul Lederach. […]

I have been - like most of us - thinking about the political climate in our country and bemoaning the lack of civility, the name-calling, the lies. I yearn for the day of honest policy disagreement, of debates of substance, of politicians of honor and integrity. Sigh … I think about populism and how it […]

Friends, if you live in or near the Cedar Valley, I want to personally invite you to a beautiful event happening soon. Blake Flattley and Tanner Olson are from Nashville and are bringing their music, poetry and joy to the area on September 21st. You can read more about them here and here and here. […]

Almost two years ago when a couple young friends asked me to officiate their wedding, I knew it was time for me to do some serious work. I needed to lean into the experience and knowledge of those who had gone before me, who had paved the way, who had done the work, who understood […]

I adore the late Eugene Peterson's riff on love from his book of sermons: Love is the most context-specific act in the entire spectrum of human behavior. There is no other single human act more dependent on and immersed in immediate context. A dictionary is worthless in understanding and practicing love. Acts of love cannot […]

When I resigned from my job over a year ago, one thing that struck me was how few people were curious about my process, my learning, my sense of conviction that led to my resignation. It was a rare person who asked me a question that stemmed from a desire to understand me. What have […]