I wrote this 8 years ago. It brings me great joy to re-share today. ********* I want to give you a glimpse into my life. For those who know me this story will not surprise. For those who think you know me this story will help you know me better. I was shopping for groceries […]

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, […]

Christians have such a weird relationships with hard emotions. I think it is because we often are led to believe that expressing sadness, disappointment, anger, or fear means that we don't trust God, we don't believe God is good, that we are somehow failing God by being less than perfectly cheerful every day of our […]

It is difficult to know what and how to write in these times. Structures and norms and institutions we count on to be steady ground beneath our feet are crumbling or being intentionally destroyed. Though my life, in and of itself, could not be considered difficult or threatened, it is still hard to know how […]

Another repost from 2023 ... ****************************** During my trip to Costa Rica last month, I felt compelled to find a quiet space to read a book I have started many times but couldn't find the energy - the mind space - for. This time, by a quiet pool in a national park in the Costa […]

It is amazing to me how Jesus is being used to justify the exact behaviors he preached so vociferously against. The one who declared that loving our neighbors as ourselves is God's very heartbeat is being used to justify hatred of the most vulnerable. The one who pushed the religious elite of his day to […]