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To Find a Steady Center: Wendell Berry
I will go among the trees and sit still. All my stirring becomes quiet around me like circles on water. My tasks lie in their places where I left them, asleep like cattle. Then what is afraid of me comes and lives a while in my sight. What it fears...
Writing Letters: Connection and Care in the Time of Covid-19
This week our children are on extended Spring Break due to the social distancing recommendation to keep our beloved communities safe. Since we both work from home and juggle the kids on the occasional school holiday we are feeling pretty confident we can keep them...
To Find a Steady Center: Marge Piercy
To have without holding By Marge Piercy Learning to love differently is hard, love with the hands wide open, love with the doors banging on their hinges, the cupboard unlocked, the wind roaring and whimpering in the rooms rustling the sheets and snapping the...
Introducing: To Find a Steady Center
Hello dear ones, I have been thinking over the past few weeks about what I can offer in the midst of this moment. At my heart I am a pastor who cares deeply for the souls of people and I am a writer that finds words to be a source of comfort and wisdom in almost every...
Winter Reading Recap 2020
I enjoy rounding up what I have read on a seasonal basis because some a lot and some months I need to write deeply and binge the newest series on Netflix. This winter (December, January and February) I read 23 books. You can check out my 2019 Fall Round-Up and...
Pines, Jay-Z and a Meditation for Ash Wednesday
Last summer we had the chance to hike Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, we traversed thirty-six miles in six days as a family, exploring as much of the diverse and beautiful terrain as our feet could carry us, picking up snippets and insights from tour...
Book Review: We Were Spiritual Refugees
I had the chance to read an advanced copy of We Were Spiritual Refugees last November as part of a project I was working on. Rarely do you find churchy books equal parts entertaining and informative. Often books about church and new church starts are so narrative...
Happy Valentine’s Day: A Love Letter to the *Healthy* Church
Today I want to extend a special welcome to my first ever guest blogger, the Rev Megan Huston. I hope you enjoy. Yesterday, between stopping in for a quick visit with two shut-in members and shuffling my girls to dance class, I stopped at another church member’s house...
2020’s Most Anticipated Children’s Books on Faith
This year has some really lovely titles for children from faith-based publishers. I am also excited to see even more books that do not have specific faith teachings that can be used to teach theological ideas. Stories play such a vital role in shaping the imagination...
