This month, my friend Katherine’s first book entitled Any Day a Beautiful Change: A Story of Faith and Family released. It’s the second publication of The Young Clergy Women Project imprint with Chalice Press and I’m thrilled to celebrate Katherine’s… Continue reading

http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/0_lv4jtzl1/uiconf_id/5590821 Today, after yesterday’s news in North Carolina, I can once again say: I’m proud to be an American. It’s not just what the president says. It’s the fact that I live in a place where we celebrate individual testimony.… Continue reading

Ego eimi. These are the only Greek words that I know by heart. Ego eimi. In seminary, I was invited to use these words to find my own metaphors. I was invited to take this powerful phrase and describe myself.… Continue reading

This is the stream of water that was bailed off my roof earlier today. Can you see it? It doesn’t look that terrifying until your think about that steady stream cascading off you roof for 35 minutes. Thank you Nor’easter.… Continue reading

Wendell Berry has that great poem that concludes with one simple sentence: Practice resurrection. But it’s not that simple. It’s not really clear how any one does that even though we might try to savor each day. This year, I… Continue reading

Long before the chairman of the Republican National Convention compared every women to caterpillars, I found this strange piece of artwork that I’d never seen before. This was before the pope reminded us that Jesus only called as men to… Continue reading

I am not a gardener though I aspire to be one. My father and his quick temper were always responsible for bringing beautiful things from the earth. He’s the one I call when I get brave enough to plant tomatoes… Continue reading

I want to be able to talk about love. I mean, I want to really be able to talk about love more than the romantic gestures that we tend to acquaint with this profound feeling. Because certainly love is more… Continue reading

Months ago, when I wrote this article for the New Media Project at Union Theological Seminary, it seemed like an impossible dream. It seemed like it would never ever happen — even though we have been talking for years as… Continue reading

In the Gospel of Mark, there are two endings to the gospel story. In the first ending, they are perplexed and afraid. They run away from what they see at the tomb full of this fear. In the second ending,… Continue reading