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Jubilee, Student Loans, and the Nature of Forgiveness

On August 24, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his long awaited plan to forgive some student loan debt. It was a promise he made to would-be voters almost three years […]

A Blessing For When You Say Something Stupid

God I have done it again foot in mouth paving that fiery road in so many good intentions

One Can’t Rush The Process of Forgiveness: A Personal Story of Sexual Trauma

Sexual trauma. Two uncomfortable words to see in print and to write about, particularly in the church. Sex is still a taboo subject in the church in the year 2018, […]

Holy Hearing & Holy Forgetting

When it comes to confession, Anglicans have historically leaned hard on the “none must” part of the traditional phrase, “all may, some should, none must.” Confession is a scary thing […]

Confession: Holy Peace

John 20:19-23 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear […]

Teach Me to Forgive

As many mothers do when their young ones run toward them, I scooped up my four-year-old son. Together we enact this move on a nearly daily basis, but this time, […]

The Day Both Everything and Nothing Changed

Until June 17, 2015, I had the privilege of referring to Charleston, South Carolina as: the charming city in which I met my husband, the enchanting city in which shrimp […]

Practicing Together

During the season of Lent, my church has been studying a variety of Christian Practices.  Together – in sermons on Sunday morning, as well as book study groups throughout the […]