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August 2021

August 06, 2021

Dark Devotional: Of Hearth-Cakes and Knitted Sweaters: An Unlikely Portrait of God

During a surprisingly moving formation session, a group of us sat around doing a...

June 2021

June 11, 2021

Dark Devotional: Of High and Lowly Trees

Working in the church sometimes makes it difficult to remember what the church is...

April 2021

April 23, 2021

Dark Devotional: Anointed Sheep, Shepherd and Queen

The parable of the Good Shepherd . . . This is a familiar one,...

March 2021

March 19, 2021

Dark Devotional: Practicing for Death….And Life

I’ve loved yoga for years, but since the pandemic, I’ve committed to its practice with...

March 05, 2021

Dark Devotional: Subversive Worship, In Spirit and in Truth

I can’t believe we’re back here already. Last year on this Third Sunday of Lent,...

February 2021

February 26, 2021

Dark Devotional: Letters from an Old Friend

This conversation comes up a lot for me in adulthood, whether in RCIA groups, young...

June 2019

June 07, 2019

Dark Devotional: A Pentecost Meditation for the Anxious, the Pregnant, and the Judgy

I do not feel filled with the Holy Spirit right now, I’ll admit. I’m...

May 2019

May 04, 2019

Dark Devotional: Jesus and Awkward Questions about Intimacy

Post-Resurrection, Jesus shows up in some unexpected ways. He takes a stroll with his disciples...

April 2019

April 05, 2019

Dark Devotional: Begging to Pray with the Psalms

I’m listening carefully to the Psalm this weekend, wondering if I can respond to...

February 2019

February 08, 2019

Dark Devotional: The Imperfect Conversion of St. Paul, Friend to the M(asses)

We can almost see Paul talking himself down sometimes, can’t we? Like in this weekend’s...

October 2018

October 05, 2018

One Body: A Mother Reads the Creation Narrative

The last time I sat down to write a Dark Devotional, a meditation on the...

August 2018

August 16, 2018

Dark Devotional: The Case of the True Presence, and the Hoarding of the Manna- A Eucharistic Tale

I found myself inside an Episcopal church one Sunday morning last fall, partly an...

July 2018

July 06, 2018

Dark Devotional- Uncompromising Anger, Uncompromising Hope: A Baptismal Call

As I sit down to write this Dark Devotional, a warning flashes to the left...

March 2018

March 16, 2018

Dark Devotional: Hear Us, O Lord!

“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions...

December 2017

December 01, 2017

Dark Devotional: Strange Mercy

The first reading for the First Sunday of Advent (Is 63: 16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7) begins...

September 2017

September 30, 2017

Dark Devotional: Saint Paul Say WHAT?

I love to pray. I love to spend time with God, in silence, in community,...

September 26, 2017

The Greatest Fault of Fr. James Martin’s Book? It’s Boring. Here’s Why.

Some Catholics are ferociously angry at James Martin, SJ’s recent book, Building a Bridge:...