Life of Faith
This Lent, I want to learn to see the world like a poet
Why I’ve chosen Michele Madigan Somerville's Glamourous Life as my Lenten companion.
Considering the trees on Ash Wednesday
Each tree in my neighborhood is the tree of life.
The surprising gift of knowing my vocation
How I became the kind of person who wants to do the work to which she’s called.
Naming my African American ancestors to keep them alive
Their presence brings strength to those still fighting and grieving.
The view from Rebekah Taussig’s wheelchair
Sitting Pretty showed me how much I have to learn about ableism.
The solution to the fear of death is to live as dying creatures
Theologian Todd Billings grapples with scripture, philosophy, and his own incurable cancer.
Walking a labyrinth as I prepared for more chemo
I held ten stones. My friend held two more.
Why some young Black Christians are practicing hoodoo
The ancestral religious practices of the African diaspora were forced underground by the White church.
Ecclesiastes has some things to say about COVID-19
The ancient wisdom text urges us to find joy in the limits of the present moment.
Finding a way forward after the Tree of Life synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh
A collection of remembrances that bind the living and the dead
Tending love in a time of trauma
My mother grew up in a violent home. But violence was not the totality of her life.
Epiphany after a hard year
Lately I find myself returning to the writing of Brian Doyle.
Thinking better about autism
Grant Macaskill’s reflection on neurodiversity becomes a stimulus to renewal of faith.
2020 has me thinking about how we experience time
Time ignores our every attempt to harness it.