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November 2023

November 01, 2023

A Simple Storytelling Practice: Seeing the Divine All Around Us

As an experiment, I’ve recorded an audio version of this article (plus a little extra)...

April 2023

April 21, 2023

Banning Abortion Drugs is an Attack on Women’s Inherent Dignity

While the Supreme Court chose today to preserve women's access to mifepristone for a bit...

April 06, 2023

What Richard Rohr and Neil deGrasse Tyson Tell Us About Resurrection as a Universal Pattern

Holy Week has historically been my favorite part of the Christian calendar; it’s earthy, emotional,...

April 03, 2023

3 Books That Helped My Spirituality Evolve Beyond Childhood Faith

About a year ago, I spent some time reflecting and created a list of the...

March 2023

March 02, 2023

What Gods Are You Worshiping?

The reason I left the Church was because the god I was handed simply wasn’t...

February 2023

February 14, 2023

Another Way for Christians to Understand Love Outside of Commodification and Hallmark Cards

We have turned love into a commodity. This is why we discuss it as something...

November 2022

November 14, 2022

There is No Such Thing as a “Calling”

I wasn’t “called” to be a high school teacher. In my experience, every time that...

July 2022

July 21, 2022

What Can the Mystics Teach Us About Reconstructing our Image of the Divine?

The reason, it seems to me, the mystics are rarely spoken of in church settings...

July 18, 2022

What Do I Mean When I Say “God?”

It has been a long time since the word "God," for me, referred to a...

July 07, 2022

Wisdom is at the Crossroads

Does not wisdom call and does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights, beside...

June 2022

June 30, 2022

Pastoring, Re-wilding God, and the Contemplative Path

It’s a strange thing to be connected with so many Christian clergy and yet have...

May 2022

May 23, 2022

What is an Embodied Spirituality?

For those of us who grew up in the Christian Church, our bodies were too...

April 2022

April 14, 2022

Experiencing Easter as a Universal Story

Holy Week has historically been my favorite part of the Christian calendar; it’s earthy, emotional,...

April 11, 2022

Three Tools for Centering our Curiosity and Exploring the Divine

In the community organizing world, there is a saying: questions are more important than answers....

March 2022

March 17, 2022

What is Healthy Religion? (Part 2)

In this post, I am continuing to think about what “healthy religion” might feel like...

March 14, 2022

What is Healthy Religion? (Part 1)

A few weeks ago, Keith Kristich published a post on Instagram that defined healthy religion...

December 2021

December 26, 2021

Christmas Points Us Beyond the Birth of Jesus

As so many of us come down from the Christmas high this week, and no...

December 23, 2021

I Wonder What We’re Really Celebrating at Christmas

Whether I knew it or not, this question has been bouncing around in my head...

December 16, 2021

What is Your Image of God…and Do You Believe in It?

The reason I left the Church was because the God I was handed simply wasn’t...

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