Isaiah 35

This time of year, our inner landscapes can seem as bleak as the outer ones.

Listening to "What's Going On" provides some solace—and some discouragement.

What does it do to the body and spirit to be preyed upon constantly?

What does it do to the body and spirit to be preyed upon constantly?

If God can be born in the wilderness, God can be born in the dry places of our lives.

Jesus' ministry is not what John the Baptist expected it to be.

Last week we drove 350 miles to Smith College, where our daughter was singing with the glee club at Christmas Vespers. Each year at a pair of services, campus and community enter liminal space by hearing sacred music from student choral and orchestral groups, pondering poetry and biblical readings by students and faculty, and singing carols together. 

This year it also became a setting to turn attention to other matters. As a Facebook event page put it, “You can’t sing carols if you can’t breathe.”

Last week we drove 350 miles to Smith College, where our daughter was singing with the glee club at Christmas Vespers. Each year at a pair of services, campus and community enter liminal space by hearing sacred music from student choral and orchestral groups, pondering poetry and biblical readings by students and faculty, and singing carols together. 

This year it also became a setting to turn attention to other matters. As a Facebook event page put it, “You can’t sing carols if you can’t breathe.”