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…
There are a few lines from the book of Jeremiah that we sometimes read at Advent. They go like this: The days are surely coming,…
I was a really scared little kid. The time of the day that was always most terrifying for me was bedtime. I hated going to…
A few years ago, when I was serving in the suburbs of Connecticut, I was involved in an anti-hate crime event. That year, I did…
A few years ago, I was privileged to spend an entire summer in my birthplace of Taiwan to study Mandarin Chinese. I thought it would…
What follows is my sermon from Sunday, April 28, 2013: Native American Ministries Sunday, when we were joined by the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers. Several…
My grandpa died when I was in high school, and there are just a few memories I keep of him. One is his smell. He…
Melissa, the chair of our Blue Ribbon (Visioning) Committee is always using the phrase “Real Talk”. It’s kind of an “Amen”-like feedback phrase that rewards…
One of the worst moments in my life was the first time I suffered from short-term depression. Many of us know that the first time…
A few days ago, I was thinking about what should be said in the church about Women’s History Month, and I happened to hear a…
