Faith Matters
Walking with Moses from slavery to liberation
When Moses says “keep still,” he’s not recommending inactivity.
The best judges of my theology are the littlest ones
The questions that plunge me into a cloud of unknowing most often come from my Sunday school students.
A neurodiverse God?
The parable of the widow and the unjust judge might give us a radical look at the face of God.
What are we really doing when all we can do is pray—or not even?
It may be Easter, but lament comes more readily than alleluia.
How do we keep time during a pandemic?
When all days seem alike, maybe the best unit of measure is love.
Why do we prefer faded scars to open wounds?
Maybe Christianity’s best appeal is its courage in the face of all that wounds, rips, and ravages.
Lamenting with my Jewish neighbors on Tisha B’Av
The Book of Lamentations resonates with the stories of oppressed immigrants and refugees.
Following the suffering Christ
Discipleship-as-self-improvement doesn’t much resemble the way of Jesus.
God’s complex music
The song I was created to live within and become
The truth about testimonies
As a child, I testified every Sunday morning. I can’t do it anymore.
Making a habit out of Epiphany
Epiphanies flare up and fade. How can we keep them in our everyday vision?
The dirty work of ministry
What two drastically different messages from parishioners taught me
My Muslim friend Ali and my Christian commitment to his life of faith
How American hostility toward Muslims has shaped my pastoral vocation
In Advent and Christmas, desolation and consolation reside together
This time of year, our inner landscapes can seem as bleak as the outer ones.
Reading Toni Morrison in Advent
A seasonal practice: cultivate the patient gaze to describe life as we find it.
When hope gives up on magical results
Since my son’s accident, everything I understand about hope has changed.
A glimpse of how heaven sees worship
On World Communion Day, I sat in the balcony. The view was stunning.
Pastors, friendship, and the limits of boundaries
What use are boundaries when you’re sitting with a friend who is about to die?
Reading the creation story in a dying world
The poetry of Genesis 1 invites us into a sort of palliative care for the earth.
When the chapel is the most open place on campus
Virginia Woolf’s ideal university had no chapel. Mine has more than one.