Many Christians arrive at the end of this election season with a sense of relief regardless of the outcome. The months (or even years) leading up to the election have been divisive and difficult for anyone trying to live a faithful life in our inevitably political world. Churches, schools, and institutions have spent time during...
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It was yet another rainy Wednesday morning when I walked into the Russell Senate office building. I set my umbrella against the wall and got to straight to work. Before me were dozens of letters from 2009 with tea bags attached. My job for the rest of the day was to go through the letters,...
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In Genesis 1, God worked. He made this world and made us – in His image. And He said it was good, even very good. For me, the best way I feel that I image God well is through turning wood. My most recent project involved creating a wooden stand for my straight razor and...
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Cultures and community habits of reading books and resources including and beyond the Bible are foundational to developing our capacity to discern how to live faithfully to the scriptural story in our particular time and place.
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This is the ninth, and final, reflection in the Missio Lent series. Read the rest here. One of our family’s most treasured joys of living in Paris is regularly worshiping with others at the American Cathedral. Each Sunday, people from all over the world enter the Cathedral’s doors and worship God through prayer, liturgy, music, and...
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This liturgical season of Lent invites us to slow down and notice the Holy Spirit dwelling here, creating a home within us. Lent is a good season to allow God to make his home within us more intentionally, to be present with him wherever we are.
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