May I Take Your Order?
Sometimes we do not choose when our collars come off; the choice is made for us. That’s how it happened for me. I was in a call I had loved […]
The Spiritual Art of Writing Icons
When I was diagnosed with cancer while in seminary, I started to question my faith and to question whether I was really following God’s call for my life. I knew […]
Beautiful and Useful
“It’s part chemistry, part magic, part artistry,” I tell my four year old loftily. He nods like he cares, as we plunge the stick blender into the bowl of water, […]
Beach Reads for When the Collar Comes Off
It’s summer in the northern hemisphere! For many of us, that means we can look forward to some vacation time in the next few months (in between Vacation Bible School, […]
Becoming a Bat: A Pastor’s Journey in to Aerial Arts
“I’m a bat!” No, I wasn’t flying around in the middle of the night. Those were the first words I uttered when I found myself hanging upside down from a […]
How Can I Keep From Singing?
When I was growing up, my parents thought it was so important that their children learn to sing in a choir that we went to two churches. My Dad pastored […]
My Not-So-Dirty Secret
I first began writing romance novels when my twins were five months old; I was hooked up to the good old Medela breast pump and hunched over the laptop. I’d […]
The Pilgrim Pastor of Bethlehem
O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie… I stepped into Bethlehem for the first time in January 2005. It was the week of the first Palestinian […]
Of Veils and Virgins: My Life with the Bees
Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce […]
From Shaking to Leaping
When I was preparing for my ordination, I was scared spitless to be in the pulpit and to preach in front of a congregation. My legs would start to shake […]
