Before a backpacking trip, I lay out everything I’d like to take on the floor. Clothes, food, water purification system, first aid kit… Then I start to take things away. […]
In the Holiness/Pentecostal tradition in which I grew up, we were trained to not ask fundamental questions. The sacrilege of scrutinizing our faith and dissecting our religious tradition was peppered […]
To our Tri-Faith friends at the American Muslim Institute, We are heartbroken by the recent tragedy caused by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Our thoughts and prayers are with […]
The national setting United Church of Christ is issuing an emergency appeal to assist those affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake, centered in the heavily populated area of southeastern Turkey. Thousands […]
I know an old woman who worries about outliving her partner and most of her family and friends. The grief of that anticipated loss messes with her sleep. And the […]