Grief and Relationship
I’ve spent a lot of the past week grieving, and it has surprised me. I didn’t expect this. After six months of supporting and encouraging our Venezuelan friend through her time in detention, she’s now free, and gone to live with family in the southeastern US. As a...
Rethinking Resurrection
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been reflecting on wisdom shared by John Dominic Crossan at the CAC’s Universal Christ conference. Today I want to continue my Eastertide series by exploring further an idea he shared in his most recent book, which I mentioned two...
Why Jesus Called Fishermen
Every story has a context. Over the centuries, we’ve become extremely disconnected from the context of the gospel stories, and one of those disconnects is about the political reality of life for fishermen on the Sea of Galilee. As I noted last week, John Dominic...
Uprising
As I sit down to write this post, multiple threads are weaving themselves through my mind, and I’m struggling to see the bigger picture. Consequently, I decided that perhaps the best thing to do would be to begin writing and discover where the Holy Spirit guides my...
Holy Curiosity
In this Easter season, I’m continuing my reflections on the Universal Christ conference I attended earlier this year. Last week I shared some wisdom from the Rev. Jacqui Lewis and this week I’m focused on her idea of holy curiosity. One of the underlying threads that...
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