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Why 2016 Still Matters: Immigration, DJT, & the Before-Times

Why 2016 Feels Like the End of the Before-Times Yesterday I had to search “What...

January 14, 2026

Worry Into Power: How Love, Intention, and Vision Can Heal

A Return to a Time of Worry This week I was inadvertently transported back to...

December 2025

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...

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Beauty is in the Impermanence

Home for me is northwest Oregon—the kingdom of wild blackberries. Every summer, come August, briars...

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July 07, 2025

Jesus as Parable: Restored Relationships vs Propaganda

“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope...

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What is the Scapegoat? Why are Immigrants Being Scapegoated?

Most Sundays I bend at the altar and hold the chalice of wine steady as...

April 2025

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Wholeness Comes First: Compassion for Immigrants

So many words could describe the current administration’s actions. Among the most salient might be...

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March 24, 2025

We Are Now in Autocracy—What Will Bring The Turning?

Autocracy. noun. 1. Government by a single person having unlimited power; despotism. When I visit...

March 17, 2025

What To Do With Righteous Anger: A Meditation for Lent

Have you experienced a loss or misfortune and someone suggested it happened to you because...

March 02, 2025

Dawn Come Swiftly: Finding Hope in Ancient Words

This week I found my essay written in November 2016, just days after the first...

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February 16, 2025

What Does it Mean to Love Your Enemy? On Holding Up A Mirror

Where Christianity gets especially real, where our faith is put to the test, is right...

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August 06, 2024

A Morality Play for Our Times? Murdochs, Succession, & Grace

If you have yet to dip your toes into Succession, the HBO series that ended...

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