From shame to gift
Humans have a special talent for screwing things up. I think acknowledging this offers liberation.
Holy impatience
I’m tired of waiting for justice. But I am learning to face a world coming to an end with the gift of God who is World Without End.
Asking “Who am I?” with Bonhoeffer
As I face unexpected early retirement, I tell myself that the answer is not yet known.
Holy uprising
I’ve long seen the ascension story as an absurdity. John Donne helps me see it as a revolution.
The great and terrible meaning of war
War is symbolic of humanity’s failure to live in the peaceable kingdom. Yet where there are humans there will always be a search for meaning.
Jesus and the wilderness of trans identity
I am struck by how Christ’s desert experience relies on inner convictions resisting an external voice.
Imagining the Magi
To be God’s people is to be caught up in parable, in story and storytelling.
The silent, suffering God
I’ve spent weeks in the hospital this year. I keep waiting for God to speak.
In times of fear, I return to Julian of Norwich
The medieval mystic offers challenging words for desperate times.
Have things changed for women since the time of Mary Magdalene?
In a world where we aren’t trusted, Mary’s encounter with the risen Jesus is an act of solidarity.
What can the church offer trans people right now?
Baptism and Eucharist should rework all of our ideas about identity.
Virtuous friendship
Prudence and constancy might not sound like much fun, but they create the load-bearing relationships communities need to flourish.