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March 2018

March 06, 2018

We Still Need the Delight of God

In today’s America, we see the face of politicians more than anyone else, because we...

August 2017

August 03, 2017

The Tension of the Lord’s Supper For Today

Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he...

July 2017

July 18, 2017

GENERATIONAL GOD: a wild goose poem

[I wrote this poem on a Friday afternoon, laying in my tent looking up...

June 2017

June 13, 2017

LEARNING TO BREATHE IN THE WORLD

When we got home from an afternoon at the pool, my oldest son took a...

June 07, 2017

O God, Make Us Rich

O God, make us rich by the richness of a Kingdom-- created by you, sustained...

May 2017

May 27, 2017

When We Pray For Dying Children

Last night when I couldn't sleep, I got up to walk around the house for...

May 26, 2017

7 GRATITUDES: deep gratefulness

{Every now and then I join with my friend Leanna to name 7 things I'm...

May 18, 2017

When The Good Things Become Visible

Mno waben. Mno waben. I held my three year old son in the early morning...

March 2017

March 17, 2017

SEVEN GRATITUDES: prayers in every language

Migwetch Mamogosnan. Thank you, Creator. This Potawatomi prayer has been on repeat in my head...

December 2016

December 19, 2016

O, Creator: a prayer for the last week of Advent

O Creator, This name is one of the most beautiful we can give you, because...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

A New Practice in Remembering Others: Lazarus & the global millennial

I found a Catholic prayer candle at Goodwill a few afternoons ago. It hadn't been...

June 2016

June 21, 2016

The Everyday Body Language of Prayer

When I was young, I felt guilty about how little I prayed. And my baptist...

May 2016

May 19, 2016

Mending our Mess & Finding Community: the wildernesses of the churched and unchurched

I believe in transformation. I believe in ending grudge-matches, in pursuing community ties. I believe...

March 2016

March 23, 2016

Day 34: Lent for my Five Senses

"God's inexhaustible poetry comes to me in five languages: sight, sound, smell, touch and taste."...

March 17, 2016

Lent, Day 28: for my Grace & Peace

On my refrigerator there is a dry erase board where I write down the things...

February 2016

February 24, 2016

Day 10: Lent for my Creative-Prayer

I think there is something that may turn this Lenten season around in me, give...

February 13, 2016

day 3: Lent for my Sickness

If there is ever a time in our adult lives when we feel like little...

February 08, 2016

Admitting We’re Lonely: the unknown shape of friendship

There's a difficult truth I've been trying to swallow lately, and it is that this...

February 05, 2016

At The End of a Long Week: a Friday Prayer

All I can say at the end of a long week is that I hope...

January 2016

January 25, 2016

Everything to Everyone: the micro and macro heart of God

Is it possible that God is just as macro as He is micro, just...

January 20, 2016

Remembering the Beginning: A Prayer for This Day and Age

God of Universe-Work, help us remember who we are. Remind us again how it was...

January 14, 2016

The Ordination Lesson: practicing kenosis-parenting

"If you should happen to catch a glimpse of what really matters in life, regard...

December 2015

December 27, 2015

Day 29 of Advent: yet hope for us

Jesus, I go from one extreme to the other; I think that we're the scum of...

December 19, 2015

Day 21 of Advent: a prayer for learning

Jesus, We've been trying to learn one thing or another all these years, trying to...

December 16, 2015

Advent, Day 18: our holiday coming and going

Jesus, I sit in this bustling coffee shop and watch holiday people come in...

December 12, 2015

Advent, Day 14: a prayer against time

Emmanuel, The longer I live, the further my heart gravitates from the bounds of time...

December 09, 2015

Day 11 of Advent: the emotional Savior

Thank God that You, Jesus, were born into humanity, with the full spectrum of our...

October 2015

October 09, 2015

Fighting Our Shame with Silence: a lesson in finding the truth through gratitude

As human beings, I think if we are really honest, the painfully quiet moments are...

January 2015

January 17, 2015

Slow Speak

Often, when I pray, if I pray, it is a rushed and shallow-felt rendering of...

January 14, 2015

Holy & Broken: All Things Kingdom

I have a tan bag that I take to the coffee shop when I write,...

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