I have started attending a yoga class with a teacher named Tracye who is part yogi, part motivational speaker/preacher. I’m not sure I always agree…
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…
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…
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…
As a new mother-priest, I am finding that I have to actively restrain myself from talking and writing constantly about my daughter, since she is…
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…
My husband and I have moved around a lot in recent years, and each move has involved a pretty major purge of possessions. Every time,…
I preached the following sermon at Yale Divinity School’s Lunar New Year worship service at Marquand Chapel on January 31, 2014. “Gōngxǐ Fācái!” A Mandarin…
The first Sunday after Three Kings is always Baptism of the Lord, when we remember the day Jesus walked into the waters with John the…
