The Weight of Responsibility
Many people leave southern Arizona during our hot summers—and this has been one of the hottest. As I’ve already noted, Henry and I took a four-week road trip earlier this summer. I also recently spent two weeks with my mom in the mountains of Colorado. On both...
The Flow of Singing and Silent Water
As summer’s heat continues to bake the Sonoran Desert, I continue to reflect on the theme of water. After focusing on the dying Dead Sea and the thirsty Jerusalem Temple, I want to turn my attention to the flow of water because of a line I recently encountered from a...
Missing My Hammock
Despite being in the midst of the “lazy days of summer,” we don’t have the hammock up in our beautiful backyard. With the temperatures already around 85 degrees at 5 am, there’s no time it’s really cool enough to enjoy it. Plus, the strong summer sun would rot the...
Finance-Dominated Capitalism and Restful Christianity
Back during Advent, members of St. Philip’s Beloved in the Desert community shared some presentations on the theme of Rest (one of seven elements in the Episcopal Way of Love being pondered and practiced in churches across the country). One of those presentations...
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