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May 2020

May 16, 2020

My Name is Karen, and I Want to Talk to the Manager of the Universe

We have a desire to create art, to sing and talk and act and breathe...

May 11, 2020

Ten Things About Work We’ve Learned From COVID-19

Many things most essential to being human turn out to be things that require close...

April 2020

April 01, 2020

I Want to Bless People. In Person.

It cut me like a knife with the imperfection of it all - not the...

March 2020

March 16, 2020

Coronavirus Sabbath

The world has pushed itself to its limit, and now we, collectively (though not yet...

March 10, 2020

Late Capitalism and the Chromebook Charger

What I don’t know is if this is a praiseworthy tale of the ability of...

January 2020

January 24, 2020

What If I Never Catch Up?

What if the world operates in such a way that if we ever try to...

December 2019

December 19, 2019

Merry Advent

The kingdom of justice and peace that George Bailey wants, for two hours, just does...

October 2019

October 23, 2019

So Why *Are* Boomers Like That?

I was fascinated by the people who had to build a new world after everything...

September 2019

September 12, 2019

Buying My Way to the Front of the Queue

In a world where it becomes very easy to buy one's way to the front...

August 2019

August 07, 2019

The One Where Jennifer Gets New Glasses and Contributes to Human Flourishing

Maybe if it wasn't late capitalism I wouldn't need eyeglasses because I wouldn't have to...

July 2019

July 12, 2019

Running a Marathon Like a Sprint

Three weeks ago, just after we moved, I was in Kroger, shopping. When I shop...

June 2019

June 27, 2019

One Move is the Equivalent of Three Fires

If, like me, you are someone who depends very heavily for your sanity on having...

May 2019

May 20, 2019

Phone Menus and the Uncanny Valley

We are now trying to pretend this is an actual human interaction. It's not. It's...

May 17, 2019

Yes, Virginia, There is Math You’ll Use Every Day

I believe in learning for its own sake as a way of building character and...

May 08, 2019

Why I Don’t Like Open Offices

Let your employees come up with their own rhythm of creativity and productivity. And for...

April 2019

April 23, 2019

Surprised By Easter

It has not been an Easter kind of spring.

April 09, 2019

Why Am I So Tired?

I've been thinking often about how there are so many things that were done by...

March 2019

March 22, 2019

This is My Content, Tweeted for You

There are thousands of digital ways to deliver spiritual content and in my more Luddite...

March 07, 2019

All the Tiny Little Pieces

Take one boss and imagine him or her setting a course for the next few...

February 2019

February 20, 2019

Are Your Affairs in Order?

You can, as a matter of fact, show love for someone by giving them money,...

February 09, 2019

Grieving While Productive

Yesterday I wrote on my Facebook page "The Victorians had the right idea. Put black...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Marriage is a Vocation, Right?

In each other we are most our own.

January 28, 2019

Even Your Dimes

I had anticipated I'd be writing a post early last week, following up on my...

January 15, 2019

New Year, New Me? Rest and Burnout

I made two New Years' resolutions this year: to start blogging here again, and to...

April 2018

April 10, 2018

Being From a Long Line of People Outstanding in Their Field….

....means you may end up contemplating Neville Longbottom and writing this poem. "Of your charity,...

April 05, 2018

Do We Need a Theology of Sleep?

Why do we find ourselves in a world where what is vain is also what...

March 2018

March 31, 2018

Three Conversations (or is that conversions?) #HolyWeek

No crown without cold coffee and the cross.

March 29, 2018

It’s Opening Day. Here’s a Poem About the Vocation of Baseball.

The game may falter, but does not forget.

March 24, 2018

Top 10 Things I Hate About Being the Poster Child for the Gig Economy

Did I mention doing taxes?

March 20, 2018

Joy, Toil, Rest, Busyness, and Being Back

You can picture me over the last few weeks being overscheduled. But you can also...

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