During the pandemic, who, in our surrounding communities, missed our churches when we shut down in-person gatherings? What good is it, my siblings, if you say you have faith but […]
In the 2018 blockbuster movie, Black Panther, T’Challa returns to his native African home of Wakanda in order to replace his deceased father as king. But in order to defend […]
One of the first churches I voluntarily attended regularly had a preacher who was very rousing, but his point was always the same. I was pretty critical of this at […]
The believers at Ephesus were admonished by the Apostle Paul to communicate with each other through poetic song and musical celebration. …speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs […]
I know someone who responds to every tummy ache, horrendous headline, flat tire, financial disaster, and family tragedy with the same preternatural equanimity. This too shall pass. All will be […]
The Bosque del Apache is a National Wildlife Refuge two hours south of the church I serve in Santa Fe. Established in 1939 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 57,000-acre […]
When we returned to in-person worship after being shut down for the pandemic, I experienced a spiritual crisis. Church didn’t feel like it used to. I was disappointed in myself […]
Mostly, I experience the world as making sense. The circumstances of life are complicated and they are often heartbreaking. But they can be understood, explained, boiled down to inputs and […]
