Cultivating Love (Cultivating Hope in the Climate Crisis- Advent 4)
Prayer O God, show us your steadfast love. In a changing world speak your word of eternal Love which does not change. Hear our cries, from the depths of our […]
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What Is Love?: A Review of All About Love by bell hooks
Author and cultural critic bell hooks has recently made the news because she has been listed as one of the authors whose work Governor DeSantis cites as problematic for students. […]
Communion Setting for Advent
The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It […]
Pastoral Care
“Does the Pastoral Care team care for the Pastor or for other people?” It was a fair question from one of the new Elders at his first meeting, a day-long […]
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, […]
We Really, Really Love You
After what might have been my fifth phone call of the morning, the dichotomy hit me again: I was delivering very sad and difficult news about the death of a […]
Very Married
The other day I had a mortifying experience at the local breakfast cafe. A friend and I had met to go over plans for the party she’s planning to celebrate […]
Hearing and Being Heard: A Pastoral Response to Orlando
The Orlando shootings are not about me. Let’s start with that. I’m white, heterosexual (attracted to people of the opposite gender), and cisgendered (my internal gender identity matches the physical […]
Why I Go to Church on Sunday, Especially When I Don’t Want To
“Every Sunday morning I wake up not wanting to go to church. By noon, I’ve come face-to-face with the holy and I’m humbled.” #realclergybios I wrote that tweet back in […]
Dear Celebrity
Dear Celebrity, The first time I met you was a very memorable occasion. I’d met celebrities of your stature before, but they’d all been a meet-and-greet sort of thing or […]
