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September 2011

September 14, 2011

The Salem Witch Trials

Before I visited Salem, I had a vague idea of what had happened there in...

September 13, 2011

The Ghosts of Salem

When last we met here at The Holy Rover, Emerson, Thoreau, and the rest of...

August 2011

August 29, 2011

A Farewell to Concord

We end our Holy Rover tour of Concord (finally!) at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, the resting...

August 28, 2011

A Few Last Words From Thoreau

“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the...

August 27, 2011

If We Are Alive, Let Us Go About Our Business

“Be it life or death, we crave only reality. If we are really dying, let...

August 26, 2011

Thoreau's Legacy

Thoreau died virtually unknown to the larger world, but in the years since then his...

August 25, 2011

On Walden Pond

Thoreau was 27 years old when he built his hut on the shore of Walden...

August 24, 2011

Concord's Self-Appointed Inspector of Snowstorms and Rainstorms

Let’s suppose you take a time-machine trip back to 1840s Concord to meet some of...

August 23, 2011

The Dark Muse of the Puritan Soul

I live in Iowa City, Iowa, home to the famed Iowa Writers Workshop, the nation’s...

August 22, 2011

A Tomboy for the Ages

I mentioned last week that Louisa May Alcott seems like an old friend, particularly in...

August 19, 2011

The Hippies of Nineteenth-Century America

Spending time with Bronson Alcott yesterday made me realize that before moving forward we need...

August 18, 2011

Introducing the Alcotts

Today, we turn to my friend, Jo March. Oh, I know there’s a difference between...

August 17, 2011

A Few Words From Ralph Waldo Emerson

Yesterday I was a bit too snooty in relation to Ralph Waldo Emerson’s work, for...

August 16, 2011

Concord, Then and Now

Concord was a small town during the time of the Transcendentalists, and it’s still a...

August 15, 2011

The Transcendentalist Trail

There are times, I must confess, when I realize just how incredibly geeky I am....

August 06, 2011

Prayers in the Wind

Today's post is my monthly column for the Episcopal News Service, reprinted below: My home...

July 2011

July 29, 2011

The Blessings of the Wind Horse

Before leaving Deer Park Buddhist Center behind (see yesterday’s post), I want to tell you...

July 28, 2011

A Tibetan Tea

One of the great joys of seeking out holy sites is the serendipity of the...

July 20, 2011

(My July column for the Episcopal News Service is based on a post I wrote last...

July 18, 2011

Of Gods and Men

The new Harry Potter movie is grabbing the headlines (as well it should), but there’s...

July 12, 2011

Welcoming the Moon

Each summer, one of my great pleasures is my husband’s garden, which fills our postage-stamp-sized...

July 11, 2011

Six Million Leaves, Without Budging An Inch

Wikipedia Commons imageMy husband and I have been tree shopping lately, for a pine in...

July 08, 2011

Let the Mystery Be

In honor of what I hope is a lazy midsummer weekend for you, a metaphysical...

June 2011

June 27, 2011

The Leap of Faith

I don't normally post the occasional sermons I give at my home church, but today...

June 08, 2011

The Badlands, At Last

Yesterday I wrote about a holy site I wasn’t able to visit. Today I want...

June 07, 2011

In Search of Wounded Knee

Today’s post may seem a little odd, for I’m going to tell you about a...

May 2011

May 20, 2011

They are naked in Rome, and so they are naked in Iowa

I don’t often write about restaurants on The Holy Rover (in fact, have I ever...

May 12, 2011

Places in the Pew

You may recognize part of today's post, which grew out of some ruminations I wrote...

May 03, 2011

Bin Laden and the Costly Grace of Forgiveness

Like many of you, I'm sure, I greeted the news of Osama Bin Laden's death with...

April 2011

April 29, 2011

In Luther's Room

Today’s post is also my monthly column for the Episcopal News Service. You can...

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