I will never forget bumping into my New Testament Professor on a train to Philadelphia. He lives there. It made sense for him to be on that train at rush hour. I wasn’t where I should be and it was… Continue reading

I’ll never forget where I was on the evening that Osama bin Laden was captured and killed. On that night, I was crawling into bed before a  week-long workshop in conflict mediation. I would begin this training early the next… Continue reading

I love this poem by Wendell Berry. I love that last line that reminds me that Easter is not a day or a moment but something we choose to do again and again. Easter is something that we practice after… Continue reading

I’ve heard it said by people I respect and adore that we can’t have Easter without Good Friday. It’s the same logic that we only know what is truly good by knowing its opposite. We are able to understand the… Continue reading

In our weekly study of sacred text this week, we got to talking about feet.  In the Gospel of Matthew, the women meet the Risen Christ and instantly take hold of his feet.  This seems like a strange thing to… Continue reading

I found this poem entitled Do You Know Someone Like This? on a website somewhere. It’s attributed to a nameless woman from Argentina. I want to know where this church is because I really do want to write them a… Continue reading

Of course, there were palms.  There had to be palms.  So they were laid out ready to welcome the one who comes in the name of the Lord. And yet, there is something about this Palm Sunday celebration that requires… Continue reading

L’entrée de Jésus a Jérusalem, Corinne Vonaesch, 2001. Who is this?    The text this week finds this question on the lips of the whole city.  Or perhaps it is the city itself that is asking the question.  It is… Continue reading

I want Jesus to walk with meI want Jesus to walk with meAll along my pilgrim journeyI want Jesus to walk with me I have been singing this spiritual refrain over and over in my head.  It’s the first hymn… Continue reading

I presented the few insights I have about the affirmations required for right relationship with our LGBT sisters and brothers at the Protecting All Our Youth conference with the Religious Coalition Against Discrimination. Our time concluded with a version of… Continue reading