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Thank you for joining me on my personal reflections about the messy and blessed journey of life we are all traveling. I have moved my writing over to the Substack platform. You can still read what I have written and hopefully find even more community conversation with others.
- Worshipping at VidCon in Baltimore
23 When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, “By… - I see you… you are beloved.
Matthew 16:13-20 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man… - Jesus is sick, the Canaanite Woman is his doctor.
Pentecost 12, Matthew 15:21-28 Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that… - Surrender: faith’s first step
Pentecost 11, Gospel Matthew 14:22-33 Immediately he made the disciples get into a boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed… - Hospitality Hospital
Pentecost 2 And as he reclined at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples…. - I’m Out
“I’m out,” I say, raising my hands above the table, revealing empty palms. If we are playing Uno or Old Maid, I just won. If… - Bewildered
Yesterday I made a hurried trip to Costco for a few items that only make sense to purchase in bulk. I marched quickly past all… - Hiddenness
If you walk along the damp banks of the Monocacy River, you will discover that the bluebells are now emerging from the dark soil. First,… - I am discovered…
At the end of a very long Wednesdayfull of SAT testingand crazy long class periodsand late lunchesand exhausted students,Sebastian entered the classroom. ”Why is this… - re-membered wholeness
At the altar, the priest invites the community to re-member Jesus… We remember his death, We proclaim his resurrection,We await his coming again. The life… - Loss of MassAll winter the manatee gatherat the hearth of water warmed by atomic rupture. Happy sea cows luxuriating in the outflow of soothed reactors, kept calm by Crystal River…
- Yo espero
A young man in class today shared about his trips to El Salvador. He didn’t do the homework, which was to write a paragraph in… - Hello, old friend, I have not missed you
We’ve been together since 4th grade, when you taught meabout migraine pain. - Re-member your heart in child’s pose
If you ever listen to Krista Tippett and her On Being interviews, you will be familiar with her opening question to almost all of her… - You are invited
Invitation happens between people in community. We show up, cross paths, say hello, and accept the invitation to be in each other’s presence. Invitation is… - Growing around the obstacle
Have you ever seen a tree that sprang from a seed dropped too close to a boulder? The resilience of the tree is astonishing, able… - Tuning In
a new frequency of awareness: mindfulness, movement, creativity, and community As a child, I remember searching for the elusive frequency of my favorite radio station… - “Are you okay?”
It was my last full day of hiking. I began the day with the blissful energy of knowing that I didn’t have to push too… - The Clarifying Experience of Real Fear
Over the last 18 months, like most of us, I have experienced a large amount of anxiety. The chronic, nagging, exhausting awareness of collective stress… - Transitive Pattern
Transitive Pattern… Okay, read those two words and just ponder them for a moment. What do they mean to you? Nothing? Sound like some kind… - Trail Community is Real Life
“Welcome! What’re your names?” I yelled to the couple who joined me at Davenport Gap Shelter. It was pouring loud rain on the metal roof… - Day 1, Mile 1: Let Go… and stop counting
I chose to hike for 10 days without a watch. It was a conscious choice. I didn’t want to be focusing on how fast I… - Guarding solitude & Walking light
After I finished putting everything into my backpack, it is 35lbs light. (I did not pack that candelabra you see on the table). I spent… - Mother Ocean, Sister Storm, & Holy Ghost Crab
We spent a week visiting the Atlantic Ocean from Fenwick Island, DE. My life began in the salt water of the Gulf of Mexico. My… - Is Rest a Goal or a Gift?
A few years ago I started using the full focus planner to organize my life. (It is a helpful tool and it might also be… - “What’s the plan for today?”
No plan. “Well, what are we doing, then?” Well, what do you want to do? This is day one, sabbatical. I am away from my… - Penultimate time… the moments before Sabbath arrives
Last night I stayed at the office until midnight… I was filled with that pre-departure energy to sort through and clean up piles of paper… - Reflections in night watches…
”Watch and pray…” A garden of prayer has grown around me as I sit still in the presence of fear and grief, faith and hope…. - Be the Altar Guild of your Domestic Church
I entered the Episcopal church as a college student in the mid-1990’s and found my spiritual home among the poetry of the Book of Common… - Repent ~ μετάνοια ~ change direction
One morning last week, I clicked on an article from the New York Times Magazine that, normally, I would have passed by without pausing to… - a season of revelatory darkness
We begin every church year with an apocalypse story from the Gospels. This year, Matthew warns us “the Son of Man is coming at an…