Praying in Cleveland

A man in a suit sells newspapers and fresh fruit daily walking car to car at the corner of 55th and Woodland Daily I drive a five-mile stretch of city road that passes 28 churches — now 29 a new warehouse-turned-worship-center is pouring fresh asphalt hot under...

Psalm 145:5

“On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.” I will watch You sparkle until my eyes cannot forget your beauty. I will sit quietly, I will wait patiently, to see You in hiding. I will sidetrack to explore and...

How Now, White Church?

Weep, o church, for God has been shot in the streets. O God, we have sinned against you in thought, in word, and in deed. Hang your head, o church, for failing to attend God’s wake. We have left undone everything that we ought to have done. Cry out and gnash...

Monday Muse: Calvin & Hobbes

This week’s reading is a favorite book that barely missed the cut on my list of five books to read before seminary. It’s The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book, by Bill Watterson. If you’re not familiar with their antics from Calvin and...

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