A Peaceful Urgency
Many things that are frequently said among my Pastor peers makes me uncomfortable or upset. One thing in particular has been bothering me even more lately. I think we have…
read moreMany things that are frequently said among my Pastor peers makes me uncomfortable or upset. One thing in particular has been bothering me even more lately. I think we have…
read morefor Christ plays in ten thousand places, lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his To the Father through the features of men’s faces – Gerald Manley Hopkins I…
read moreI was not a great mathematician. If you know me well at all I’m sure that surprised you! Nonetheless, I have decided that math is beautiful, poetic, and mystical. That’s…
read moreI have been thinking a lot about sarcasm lately (and that’s not sarcastic!). My sense of humor is abundantly snarky. I don’t mean anything by it and I come by…
read moreI am a fan of Sarah Barton’s Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership. In the book she references several fragments of prayers from Ted Loder’s Guerrillas of Grace. Because I am such…
read moreI have recently become a fan of Richard Beck’s blog Experimental Theology. He recently published a post where he shared a prayer from Every Moment Holy that he particularly enjoyed. Shamelessly, I…
read moreIf you are like me, there are moments in your work and life when you struggle to play. Here is a prayer I wrote to help me remember that I…
read moreWhen we were children we loved to play. We would spend countless hours playing and playing. Time flew by and we lamented not being able to play longer. When we…
read moreThe Psalms of Ascents. You might have heard of them. They are a small collection of 15 psalms inside the book of Psalms. These 15 psalms are so named because…
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