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So I need to tell you something...something that if we’ve seen each other in person in the last four years you probably already know. We haven’t kept it a secret, in fact our family talks about it openly and honestly. At the same time we’ve made the intentional choice...

I have this project I have been working on for months now, in the quiet early morning hours set aside for study and writing, in coffee shops and in anytime I can poke around the edges of life. It is my passion project. Perhaps you have one too and know what I am...

This fall was a fruitful reading season for me, covering a wide swath of topics and themes, exploring moments in history of which I possess little knowledge and pushing myself in some cases to wrap my brain around some dense but worthwhile reads. I decided that since...

The Facts of Life by Padraig Ó Tuama That you were born and you will die.   That you will sometimes love enough and sometimes not.   That you will lie if only to yourself.   That you will get tired.   That you will learn most from the situations...

When journalist Ronan Farrow’s newest book Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators released last week I read the entire thing in 36 hours. Since I haven’t done that since the luxurious days of middle school, that alone should say something...

I sat on the phone with a dear friend and colleague, listening to their lament. “Damn” I said, because that’s what ministers sometimes say to each other when we talk about hard things. The church they were serving was headed toward closure and my friend was dismayed...

Call yourself alive? Look, I promise you that for the first time you'll feel your pores opening like fish mouths, and you'll actually be able to hear your blood surging though all those lanes, and you'll feel light gliding across the cornea like the train of a dress....

The creativity it takes to teach children always requires keeping an eye out for books and resources that can connect the stories of our faith to the experiences of our children. There’s nothing more exciting than watching a child’s imagination come alive with...