Mar 25, 2016 | Jesus, Lent, prayer
“Do you know what I have done to you?” You have retold my story, loving it like it was your own, changing it by your holy imagination. “Do you know what you have done to me?” We have co-opted your story, loving it like we were its heroes,...
Mar 14, 2016 | healing, Jesus, Lent, prayer
I’m sorry that you hurt, God. I don’t know how you bear it but I do know that I’ve been distracted by my own aches. I’m sorry that I can’t do much to ease your pain. I’m sorry that it’s so significant and so constant. Here:...
Dec 11, 2015 | Advent, Jesus, prayer
Is today the day you’re coming, Jesus? Today would certainly be a good day in the world for you to make an appearance. Today before another child dies. Today before another mother wails in anguish. Today before another door is closed, another wall is built....
Nov 20, 2015 | images of God, Jesus, women
Jesus sits in a coffee shop now that the weather has turned cold. Third table from the entrance, near a window. She dozes in the early morning over a large red cup of coffee. Wrapped around her shoulders is a thick plum blanket to shake off the night’s chill....
Apr 29, 2015 | confession, Jesus, justice, lament, racism
Two weeks ago, I led a conversation on race and faith, inviting participants to reflect on their experiences of race & ethnicity as well as on the ways that their church upbringings had (or hadn’t) equipped them to respond to racism. “Jesus loves the...
Apr 10, 2015 | faith, images of God, Jesus
I believe in Jesus when my feet sink into the sands alongside the pulsing ocean. I believe in Jesus when I breathe deeply in a pine forest my footsteps quiet to listen for the wind. I believe in Jesus when I see a group of men shooting the breeze early in the morning...
