It’s Holy Week. In the Christian calendar, Holy Week is the liminal space between Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and his resurrection on Easter morning. It used to be that if we didn’t go to church during Holy Week, we’d jump over the hard stuff...
This month, I’m continuing to reflect on some of the graced moments I experienced during the Spiritual Directors International’s Conference last month in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In this post, I want to share how I came to a deeper comprehension and appreciation of a...
I was given a gift recently, of the invitation to be part of the “launch team” for a new book on pilgrimage. I first “met” the author virtually, when I interviewed him about another of his books, Future Faith, for the “Future of Christianity” issue of the Center for...
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...
Over the past week, I’ve been reflecting further on the state of Christianity in America. In last week’s post, I shared some pretty blunt thoughts—honestly, criticism —about Christianity’s cooptation by the powerful. It’s not a new story, of course. It’s been...