The mythic, universal power of the Transfiguration
I’ve spent a long time pondering what universal human experience the story of the Transfiguration is trying to tell us.
Son of Encouragement
Joseph the Levite believed in second chances. The apostles called him Barnabas, meaning “son of encouragement.”
Enter Joan of Arc
Perhaps one of the best-known agents of change in the way Christian Europe understood itself was Joan of Arc.
Why stand around, looking at the sky?
I was privileged to spend my first two summers after college performing at the Sterling Renaissance Festival.
But why is she considered a saint?
Koñwatsi’tsiaiéñni or Mary or Molly Brant was, arguably, the single most influential advocate among the Mohawk Nation for keeping her people aligned with the British Empire.
That They All May Be One
A high school friend tells the story of the first time his father, an East Texas boy, visited his mother’s family in the Bronx.
