There is this magical moment in conversation when the opportunity arises to transition from surface level chit chat to talking about things of significance. Someone…
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…
With everything going on in the world right now, I have to admit that I’m a bit inward focused these days. I’m exhausted and feeling…
I remember that day in seminary well. I walked into the chapel for our midday worship, and by the end of the first hymn, tears…
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…
As a clergy person in the United Methodist Church, I no longer have membership in any local church. So my “church” becomes my annual conference….
A few days ago, I was sitting with my African American husband and multi-racial daughter on a bench on the upper west side. An older…
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!…
