The body bags of pandemics and wars
Sheltering in place during the coronavirus pandemic, I’m tucked away into my bedroom, where my time is defined…
Belief in the risen body of Christ (but what is belief?)
Happy Easter!! He is risen! Alleluia!! It’s not exactly an Easter song (it’s the Canticle of Zachariah from Luke…
Questions as a path to unity
Years ago, while teaching theology to 9th graders, a particular student tugged at my heart. Each day he…
Tending to our wells
I spent part of last night cleaning and peeling a recently harvested pile of wormy rutabagas with another…
Anxious resistance
I had a knot in my stomach all day. I couldn’t focus at work. I lost my appetite.…
Being a companion through the mystery of suffering
I’ve never had any training in hospital chaplaincy, and I know little about medicine. Like many people, I…
Still, I am moving
During prayer this morning, I tried to count up all the major changes that have happened or are…
bonds that build and never break
I am not afraid of death. I do not fear death because somehow I am confident that I’ll…