There are reasons to be hopeful--even on those days that Nazis, white supremacists, racists, and unhinged politicians seek to dominate. Read more
There are reasons to be hopeful--even on those days that Nazis, white supremacists, racists, and unhinged politicians seek to dominate. Read more
The more I realize why my faith is important to me, the more I realize that these matters of importance don’t primarily rely on my believing anything particular about God, God’s nature, or what happens after I die. Read more
April may be the cruelest month, if T. S. Eliot is correct, but for teachers, August is the coolest month. It's the month when hope springs eternal as plans for the upcoming academic year are finalized. But sometimes, the best laid plans don't work out . . . as Elijah also found out in one of the lectionary readings for today. Read more
Annie Dillard once wrote that if we truly paid attention to what we were doing, we would wear hard hats to church rather than fancy clothes. Or perhaps at least during the Sanctus when we celebrate the “Holy Lord, God of power and might.” Each of us is “something under construction"—real tools are in order. Read more
More than any analysis or punditry over the past eight months, rereading the Book of Revelation has helped me understand why evangelical Christians voted in mass numbers for Donald Trump last November. Trump’s rhetoric during the presidential campaign and the first months of his presidency has exhibited many of the apocalyptic features that evangelical Christians are obsessed with Revelation. Read more
Angels show up in all shapes and sizes, in all sorts of situations and scenarios. Sometimes it might even be you. Read more
We often tend to domesticate Jesus' parables, turning them into something attractive and nice. But they are intended to be edgy, disturbing, and thought-provoking. What, for instance did Jesus mean when he compared the Kingdom of Heaven to a weed? Read more
As everyone else I know, I often suffer from impostor's syndrome and feelings of insignificance. But perhaps there is one place where I do not need to be an impostor or be overwhelmed by my insignificance, a place where I am known better than I know myself and am valued more highly than I could ever manufacture. Read more
In the book of Genesis, when asked by God about the whereabouts of Abel, Cain responded by asking a classic question: 'Am I my brother’s keeper?' It would have been very helpful if God had answered Cain’s question: 'Yes, as a matter of fact, you are.' Read more
'When it’s over, I don’t want to wonder/If I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened/Or full of argument. I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.' Mary Gordon, 'When Death Comes' Read more
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