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December 22, 2025

Christmas Blessing in Troubled Times: The Gift of Attention

The Subversive Witness of Christmas Often at Christmas I share a series of articles about...

December 20, 2024

The Already and Not Yet: On Christmas and Waiting

Today I want to talk about Christmas and waiting. The Christmas season is one of...

December 07, 2024

How Christmas Stories Functioned When They Were Written

Perhaps my favorite thing about the Christmas season—just a few days away—is reminding myself and...

December 23, 2023

Mary Teaches Blessedness at Christ-Mass

In our Christmas morning lectionary reading, Mary is greeted by the angel Gabriel as “the...

December 16, 2023

Advent: An Invitation to Remove Obstacles to the Divine

Have you found yourself in such intense struggle you could barely find a path forward?...

December 11, 2023

3 Ways Religion Helps Us Embrace Complexity

{If you'd like to listen to this piece rather than read, click below on the...

December 04, 2023

7 Best Faith-Based Christmas Songs By Pop Artists

Arranging and sharing a Christmas playlist of the best faith-based Christmas songs in hopes they...

December 01, 2023

How is God Coming Into Our World? A Reflection on Advent

“Advent,” which means the arrival or the coming, is my favorite liturgical season. And yes,...

November 2023

November 28, 2023

The Subversive, Confrontational, Emboldening Stories of Christmas {Part Two}

{Perhaps my favorite thing about this season is reminding readers (and myself) how subversive are...

November 20, 2023

The Subversive, Confrontational, Emboldening Stories of Christmas {Part One}

Perhaps my favorite thing about the Christmas season—just a few days away—is reminding myself and...

December 2022

December 20, 2022

Trance: On shared singing and other diversions

I snatch some fabric from the scrap heap, holding it up to the improv...

December 14, 2022

Facing the Difficult Thing: On Joseph’s Predicament

Part of what Advent is, and what Christmas is, is a time of telling stories—most...

December 06, 2022

The Arrival: Receiving the gift of Advent today

“Advent,” meaning the arrival or the coming is my favorite liturgical season. And yes, part...

November 2022

November 30, 2022

The subversive, confrontational, emboldening stories of Christmas {Part Two}

{Perhaps my favorite thing about this season is reminding readers (and myself) how subversive are...

November 26, 2022

The subversive, confrontational, emboldening stories of Christmas {Part One}

Perhaps my favorite thing about this season is reminding readers (and myself) how subversive are...

July 2022

July 11, 2022

Expand your Mind! The Advent theme of metanoia

Every year in Advent, John the Baptist makes a showing. He’s an interesting character to...

July 11, 2022

The Arrival: Receiving the gift of Advent today

“Advent,” meaning the arrival or the coming, is my favorite liturgical season. And yes, part...

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