Faith deconstruction seems like a natural by-product of life. The faith of our childhood, our young adulthood, should morph, change, and become more mature. If I still have the faith of an 18-year old at age 58, something went seriously wrong. Over three years ago I left a church I loved and was a part […]

There are some days I leave the writing to the experts. Today is one of those days. "So what do I believe actually happened that morning on the third day after he died? I can tell you this: that what I believe happened and what in faith and with great joy I proclaim, is that […]

I love how author Brian Doyle writes about prayer: "I have never thought that prayers of request can be answered; I do not think that is the way of the Mercy; yet we do whisper prayers of supplication; I think we always have, since long before our species arrived in this form. Sometimes I think […]

One thing I despise is simple answers to questions about prayer. There is something that rings so false to me when people act like they have prayer and God all figured out. As if God could ever be "figured out." As if prayer is like some kind of cosmic slot machine. This is why I […]

A brief thought of poem for the weekend, friends ... "We belong to a Mystery far grander than our little selves and our little time." (Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life)

I read this short essay over and over and over again and seek to live it out every day. Finding New Questions We have ceased trying to tie up all loose ends. We have discovered that life does not need to be neat. We have more questions than answers, and this is a great delight […]