A clergy friend of mine asked me recently if I get much spiritually out of the season of Advent (the four weeks leading up to…
I have been having conversations with some parishioners and friends recently about self-worth. Last week, I was in a conversation in which someone told us…
I have been really thinking a lot about some of the insights from Bishop J’s sermon a few weeks ago, “Navigating the Weed”, on the…
Yesterday, I stumbled upon a story about Shia women and girls in Baghdad training to use AK-47’s. With the men of their families gone to…
Someone told me yesterday that their boss had a baby last week. My reaction to the news of people having babies used to be, “Oh!…
In the New York area, we are at annual conference, and so I want to share just a few of my thoughts as we begin…
I have heard it said that becoming a parent radically changes your perspective on life. I have found that to be absolutely true. It began…
As we sit on the cusp of the high holy days of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter, I am thinking about the woman who…
I didn’t grow up in the kind of household where we all sat down to eat together, holding hands, and saying grace. At dinner time,…
I have been very slowly making my way through Nelson Mandela’s autobiography this year. Right now, I am reading about the first major trial of…
