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You Are a Pumpkin

“You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy.” When I hear these familiar lines, I’m drawn to the second-half of the equation. Let’s talk about the dancing and...

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The Slippery Slope

The core of this piece was written late on a Saturday night in last June, at the Wild Goose Festival (a gathering of emergent and progressive Christians), sitting under the stars at the campsite,...

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Divine Tension of Anticipation

Anticipate: to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure. Anticipate: to expect; look forward to; be sure of; to anticipate a favorable decision The advent season is one of...

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Amazement

Amazement looks like a six-year-old girl, twirling ’round, blond ringlets elongated as they spin, arms outstretched, face lifted to the heavens. Amazement tastes like the warmth of a summer peach,...

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Kindness: The Arms of Love

Kindness. Kindness, one could say, is one of the ways love paints itself on the world. An act of kindness can be imprinted on our lives and impact us for years to come. In honor of this season of love,...

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Holy Week Contradictions

I heard an interview with Archbishop Desmond Tutu recently. In it he talked about the ongoing deep work that is needed as South Africa moves from Apartheid and three centuries of oppression and...

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Education

Maybe, Education is not a contest. Seeing how many tomes and theories we can load into our brain. Maybe, Education is a fine set of carving tools. Creating new pathways, Clipping off unneeded wood,...

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