Featured: Welcome to the wilderness ...
What might it look like to be people of faith outside of the bounds of the instiutional church? I have been pondering this question lately for all kinds of reasons. I have listened to many of you ponder this question, as well. There is a growing body of people who -- for one reason or […]
The hard part Is to find yourself at home with where and what you are And still remain amazed. (John Koethe, "Beyond Belief") We live in a trance so much of the time, don't we? Here, but not here. Restless, never really at home. We carry around a vague sense of unhappiness with who we […]
I gotta' be honest today: I feel stuck. Stuck about how to write anything that means anything about what the world feels like right now. Stuck about how honest and vulnerable to be about the things I am pondering these days, the things that are causing me angst, giving me pause, making me reconsider choices. […]
This is my annual Pride Month repost of this message of love ... I don't often make religious claims with absolute certainty. Not my style. But I am gonna' do it right here, right now. After studying the life of Jesus in the Gospels for the last 40 years, I can state with absolute certainty […]
The deep rumble of thunder began about 5:00 this morning. One of life's most delicious sounds if you are tucked in a warm bed and have a few more hours to sleep. Luckily, I did. I woke well past my alarm, stretched, threw some clothes on and headed downstairs to pour myself a cup of […]
It was Easter and I was tasked with creating a children's paraphrase of Luke's telling of the Last Supper. I read the original text so closely: Luke 22:1-20. Most of us adults who have ever set foot in a church know this story. It's the one where Jesus knows he is going to end up […]
