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July 2026

July 22, 2026

The Deacon’s Table — Who Actually Gets to Sit There?

Last month, I wrote about my ordination to the Episcopal Church. And, as you also...

June 2026

June 18, 2026

Life After Lying Prostrate on the Floor of Grace Cathedral

A couple of weeks ago, six other folks and I met at 8:15 on a...

December 2025

December 01, 2025

Giving Machines are running with the idea of doing good

Do you live in Bakersfield, San Clemente, Los Angeles, or Fresno, California? Do you call...

August 2025

August 15, 2025

The Deepest South of All is more than a book

When our family traveled halfway across the Pacific Ocean to visit one of our favorite...

June 2025

June 26, 2025

What Ida B. the Queen taught me about speaking up

As you well know by now, I've been working through a bunch of books on...

June 10, 2025

The Journal Keeper tells the story of a life

I finally picked up a book that's been sitting on my shelf for awhile: Years...

May 2025

May 27, 2025

Here I Am, as it goes in a book of the same title

I recently picked up the following book in a neighborhood Free Little Library. Jonathan Safran...

May 15, 2025

Church Camp is out!

Well, it's been a hot minute, but I have a rather good excuse: my second...

April 2025

April 18, 2025

Can you name the thirst inside your soul?

I have not known true thirst – not to the point of death or to...

March 2025

March 05, 2025

Nice Churchy Patriarchy is most definitely a thing

The following book recently arrived in the mail: Author Liz Cooledge Jenkins is a writer,...

February 2025

February 27, 2025

Uncovering My Family’s Faith History

It's story time, kids! Several years ago, my brother spit into a bottle and sent...

February 24, 2025

Love your enemies? I don’t think so.

There’s a tradition, or I suppose I should call it a rule in my family:...

February 13, 2025

Finding our way home in an age of anxiety

I recently won the following book from Englewood Review of Books: Englewood, if you don't...

February 04, 2025

Women Talking: You Know Something’s Gonna Go Down

I found the following book in my neighborhood's free little library a couple of months...

January 2025

January 27, 2025

How Bishop Budde helped us look for the Light

On Tuesday night, I took up one end of the couch, while my younger son...

January 16, 2025

Whistling in the Dark, alongside the born-agains

I finally read a book that had been sitting on my shelf for a while:...

January 10, 2025

Composing a life, thread by thread

A friend recently passed along the following book: I think you'll like it, she said, and...

December 2024

December 17, 2024

Santa baby, a post-evangelical book, or two…

Christmas is going to be here before we know it. If you're anything like me,...

December 06, 2024

Look for Light, Even in the Darkness

Week before last, my boys and I stopped by the hardware store afterschool for a...

November 2024

November 29, 2024

Light and Darkness: They Dance Together in Advent

On Friday night, my boys and I gathered around the scratched and worn dining room...

November 22, 2024

Flung Wide Open: The Beauty of Welcoming Everyone

A couple of days ago, I left the house to take the dog for a...

November 15, 2024

Noticing the Hidden Things: Actions for Compassionate Living

Sometimes, our invitation is simply to notice. When I walk through the backyard garden, I...

November 08, 2024

What if Jesus is in the business of discomfort & challenge?

Less than forty-eight hours ago, I walked and stood and wound my way through a...

November 01, 2024

Death and life: What does it mean for us to see?

Sometimes we just want to see. Earlier this week, I woke up, same as always:...

October 2024

October 25, 2024

What holy anger means for the sake of wholeness & liberation

A singular image of anger often lives in my head. It’s an image that comes...

October 08, 2024

How does curiosity play a role in the life of faith?

What are we to do with the natural shoulds that often accompany life? You should...

October 03, 2024

The Blessing of the Doubter, In You and In Me

As I was reading a parenting book this last week, a statement about a particular...

October 01, 2024

Do you crave wholeness and truth? You’re human!

We all crave wholeness. We all crave truth. Yesterday, my family hit up the localist...

September 2024

September 24, 2024

What If God Is Not Only in the Peace but Also in the Pain?

I am reminded of a scene from 15, 20 years ago, about a singular story...

September 17, 2024

The Power of Dignity: A Reflection on Jesus’s Teachings

In our house, there is typically one rule I try and employ to my nine...

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