The Rich, Idolatrous Young Man
As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” […]
Jesus
The Big Way of Love for Kids
When the pandemic struck, I–like so many other parents of young children–suddenly found myself unresourced and unsupported in the total
Loaves and Fishes
A friend tells a story of being a little boy and having an ice cream cone in the back of the old family Cadillac on a hot summer day.
Your Sins are Forgiven
One of the most challenging aspects of parenting is seeking forgiveness.
Finding God on the Mountain and in the Valley
There are certain rhythms of the liturgical year I can often feel like I’m learning for the very first time.
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.
Lent
Shouldering Our Way through Good Friday
Shouldering is a way of moving upwards, out of the darkness and into the light. Not unlike human shoulders that shrug and scrunch, sometimes toward the ears and sometimes back down toward the belly, when a vegetable is good and ready it will scrunch and shoulder toward the sky.
Laying down our burdens during Lent
The Samaritan woman, whom the orthodox church names Saint Photini, carries a burden of shame along with her water jar as she walks the through heat and dust.
