The Gospel Mess of Being Human
Because I host a blog and podcast about the spirituality of messiness, one might assume that I am…
Finding common ground in the din of debate
Debate divides this nation, and democracy is in disarray. On one hand, we enjoy light, good-natured disagreements: —…
Toward the fire
In 2002, during the months in which the The Boston Globe released the findings of its investigation into…
Being part of a Church broken by sex abuse and lies
Imagine you were violently attacked and dropped off a balcony into a dark alley, and somehow you survived.…
So naive
“It [grace] strikes us when, year after year, the longed-for perfection of life does not appear, when the…
Messy Christian music playlist
Every ordinary day, I am reminded that I am weak and desperately need God. When I forget the…
The jail we are all in
Photo credit: http://www.freeimages.com/photo/prison-1201356 I spend most of time going through life assuming that I am basically a good…
The wounds of Christ and the inauguration of Donald Trump
Last Friday morning—the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration—two screens were in front of me; words and images flooding…
Our hidden illness
My daughter has asthma. People often express their condolences when the subject comes up but—the truth is—it’s really…
The skin I didn’t ask for: Bemoaning my white privilege and the evil of racial violence
I am afraid this blog post is going to be a terrible, tangled mess: sorry about that. But…
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