“Do Something:” A Reflection on the Activism of Dorothy Day
I am a longtime reader of Commonweal, the Catholic magazine on religion and politics founded in 1924. This past June, as conflict between Iran and Israel escalated and rumors swirled […]
Good Trouble
Let me tell you a story about a group of people who have a history of getting into good trouble, to borrow the words of John Lewis. Now some might […]
Mercy Trumps Vengeance
On January 21, 2025 at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, the newly elected president and vice president attended an interfaith prayer service to begin their first full day in […]
When Your Heart Aches
It’s been a week. It’s been a week since they announced an e-learning day, just one, for schools because of the coming Hurricane. It’s been a week since we shifted […]
Talking About Gun Violence With Our Kids
Kids are smart. They’re like teeny little philosophers, seeking to make sense of the world and always asking the pointed question I never seem to have the answer to on […]
Compline for Palestine: A Call for the Church to Act
With my red stole covered in Bethlehem stars slung over my shoulder, I proclaimed the crap out of the Gospel. I had been ordained for about four months when I […]
Can These Bones Live: Reflections on the YCWI Conference
Everyone in worship the Sunday after the YCWI Conference was asking Rev. Maggie Rust about her time away, noting that it looked like she had such a good time and […]
On the Floor of General Conference
Never in my life did I ever imagine I’d be so excited about a consent calendar- a package of petitions that had fewer than 10 opposing votes in the legislative […]
The Future of the PC(USA) is Being Reformed by God
The future of the PC(USA) is being reformed by God. And it is as limitless as the holy imagination that we vow to practice when we are ordained. That’s it. […]
Home by Another Road: Nonviolence, Ceasefire, and Peace in the Middle East
“And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, (the magi) left for their own country by another road.” Matthew 2:12, NRSV After successfully following the star […]
