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September 2017

September 22, 2017

Shoes on — a Hurricane Story

In recent days, the inevitable question that accompanies most natural disasters has been raised. Where...

September 14, 2017

Dear Resistance

That whisper in your ear that you are unqualified, not smart enough, brave enough, faithful...

September 08, 2017

More Than a Follower

It might just be me, having been raised in legalistic Christianity, but I struggle with...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Understanding Backwards

For a good part of my life, I have seen religion as a duty which...

June 05, 2017

Post-Pentecost, Hope of Love Remains!

This Pentecost is a special one, like all other Pentecosts, like all days.

May 2017

May 24, 2017

A Lesson on Divine Grief

Jesus had given sight to the blind, fed the destitute, and even walked on water;...

May 17, 2017

Theology and Sports

Maybe I'm a masochist, at least when it comes to sports. You see, my favorite...

May 05, 2017

What Has Made Me Who I Am Does Not Have to Be What I Become

Suddenly, this simple idea permeated every aspect of my life. It became a mantra, a...

April 2017

April 24, 2017

I Once Thought I Was a Progressive Christian, But…

I once thought that perhaps I was a progressive Christian, but I've come to realize...

April 14, 2017

Finding Faith Again

My faith journey has changed dramatically.

April 12, 2017

Is It Time We Stopped Describing God as Good?

The way we talk about things matters. The words we use affect how we view...

April 10, 2017

A Blessing for Holy Week Journeys

As I celebrated Palm Sunday with my congregation this year, I wondered: what way do...

April 05, 2017

Jesus, the Cathedral and Me

Sometimes when I think about Jesus he seems so far away--someone in a distant time...

April 02, 2017

Dust

We are dust; to dust we shall return. In between? God calls us to carry...

March 2017

March 13, 2017

The Greatest of These

I am not a very good Christian any more. I used to think that under...

March 05, 2017

Remember: A Lenten Call to Embodied Justice-Making

Three remembrances were stirred up for me this week and will trouble my feet as...

February 2017

February 23, 2017

Why Doesn’t God Answer Life’s Big Questions?

So often, especially when we are distressed, we cry out to God, Why is this...

February 17, 2017

Showing Love

Christians talk a lot about standing up for our beliefs and doctrines. It seems we often...

February 12, 2017

Biorhythmic Resistance

I hear in these ancient words a call to embrace and embody life as gift,...

February 07, 2017

An Illusion of Freedom

You don’t have to be in a cult to experience legalism. There is plenty of...

February 05, 2017

Answered Prayer

Dr. William Barber, II, is a hero. He wrote an op-ed this week following the...

January 2017

January 20, 2017

Confessions of a Doubting Christian

Some days I find it really hard to believe in God.

January 04, 2017

I Am One with the Force; The Force Is with Me — a Star Wars Theology

I couldn’t help but see the parallels in Chirrut Îmwe's faith and prayer to how...

January 02, 2017

Three Things I’ve Learned in 2016

2016 was especially difficult. It was a dense year. Chock full of major world events,...

January 01, 2017

The Hopes and Fears of All the Years: The First Sunday after Christmas

On the First Sunday after Christmas, mere days after the newborn Jesus has snuggled into...

December 2016

December 25, 2016

Christmas Day: And the Word Became Flesh

Give us wisdom, Earth-dwelling God, to talk less and birth your Word each day in...

December 24, 2016

A Visit from St. Alban, or A Refugee Christmas

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all Christendom Sat hoping and waiting for Santa to...

December 18, 2016

Advent Four: Lighting the Tiny Lights

Seeing all the violence in Aleppo and other places, I fear that Advent may bleed...

December 16, 2016

An Advent Poem

truth / the setting-free kind if you know it / you should speak it

December 11, 2016

Advent Three: Crocus Blossoms in Desert Places

While searching a closet for Christmas decorations the other day, I pulled out a dusty...

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