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December 2016

December 04, 2016

Advent Two: Stumped while Seeking Peace in Zootopia

Reading this text after scrolling through my newsfeed’s local and global headlines of ongoing incidents...

December 02, 2016

The Gift

We think that this will be our last Christmas with Pop and one of our...

November 2016

November 27, 2016

Advent One: Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning

What if there isn’t enough light?

November 23, 2016

On Christian Culture Wars: Making Room at the Table

In one of the very last chapters in the very last book of the Christian...

October 2016

October 10, 2016

Cracked Humanity

We're sitting in a huge barn, an open kitchen to one side and a coffee...

September 2016

September 22, 2016

Why Letting Go Is Not Falling Apart

A wise woman tells me she gets this strong sense that I am unable to...

September 13, 2016

Live the In-Between — It’s the Part of the Story that Matters Most

Once upon a time, long before women had volition or will as to who they...

September 07, 2016

Grace in a Tin Shed

Separation. Divorce. Failure. That’s how it goes, right? At least that’s how it did for...

August 2016

August 24, 2016

Love, Love, Love: The painfully misunderstood, profoundly simple, earth-shattering message of Jesus

If someone was to ask me to sum up the message of Jesus in a...

August 08, 2016

Confessions of a Party Girl

As I stood at the entrance to our favorite night club, I looked across the...

July 2016

July 12, 2016

You Have Permission to Walk Out

I’m not proud of this, but here’s the truth: I waste a lot of time...

July 04, 2016

On Saying Goodbye to the Night: Thoughts on Fireworks, Spaceships and Justice-Making

Where were you five years ago on July 4th?

June 2016

June 07, 2016

Miracles Do Occur

There is an old, old story told of a woman named Tabitha. It doesn't have...

June 03, 2016

Why I Stopped Reading Self-Help Books

In the most Freudian tradition, it began with my Dad.

June 01, 2016

We’re Not The First

It’s a rough time to work for the church and her people.

May 2016

May 27, 2016

The Spirituality of Bass Fishing

Bass fishing has given me a new enthusiasm for life, and a new enthusiasm to love...

May 02, 2016

An Open Letter to the Girl Who Failed

You’re the girl with the teacher who said you would never amount to anything.

April 2016

April 14, 2016

The Freedom to Think

Great thinkers, across the centuries, have always used inquiry to understand the world. It doesn’t...

March 2016

March 23, 2016

Was Jesus’ death necessary for our salvation? (the seventh saying from the cross)

Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice said, “Father, into your hands I commend my...

March 18, 2016

In Our Bones: Holy Week Reflections

I do not dance with ease on any day. I stumble even more on Palm...

March 16, 2016

The Cosmic Cross (the sixth saying of Jesus from the cross)

A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full...

March 09, 2016

Did God forsake Jesus? (The fifth saying of Jesus from the cross)

When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon....

March 03, 2016

Written in Ink

We rushed into the restaurant, cold wind blowing behind us as we pushed through the...

March 02, 2016

Thirsting for Life (the fourth saying of Jesus from the cross)

"After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to...

February 2016

February 24, 2016

Why no preacher quotes Jesus on Family Sunday (the third saying from the cross)

John's Gospel is full of words and phrases that have multiple meanings and convey a...

February 17, 2016

Substitutionary atonement distorts the good news (the second saying from the cross)

What does Jesus do on the cross? According to Luke, he forgives. He bears the...

February 10, 2016

Preemptive Forgiveness (The first saying from the cross)

Can the spiral of violence that plagues our planet and fractures relationships, ravaging families, communities,...

February 09, 2016

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

The seasons of Lent and Easter in Christian traditions call us to reflect on rhythms...

January 2016

January 03, 2016

Twelfth Night: Reflections on Epiphany 2016

Twelfth Night is upon us, the eve of Epiphany when we remember how magi from...

December 2015

December 20, 2015

Advent Four: Do You Hear What I Hear?

Snow falls. Gently. Lights twinkle in houses festive with welcoming wreathes. Santa and eight tiny...

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