A short manifesto that's easy to memorize, but not always easy to live.
All creation is groaning...and someone has to push.
How can our Christmas rituals proclaim good news for sad people?
How hours of pain and anger broke through to love.
On our ridiculous attempt to walk with students through the valley of despair.
On trying to live out a costly vision after college.
A narrative glimpse into the historic mind of a regretful king.
Reflecting on privilege and the manageability of death by natural or unnatural causes.
Good news delivered from a dark pulpit on a Wednesday: dead is alive.
Relieving the unbearable lightness of privilege.
On shaping a life that will honor the memory and the suffering of those who have gone before.
Learning to stay present to God in each moment on the cusp of a lay monastic novitiate.
A reflection on the time when death washes up on the liturgical year.
A reflection on the significance of the human body.
A call to the dark disciplines of Lent and reading Flannery O'Connor.
A reflection on suffering and hope in the music of Martyn Joseph.
The story of an encounter between young and old.
Is suffering necessary for building character and resilience?
Asking hard questions and embracing complex answers in community.
Or was it a mule? Perspectives on tradition.
Encouraging faith communities to lament together.
Reflecting on the legacy of a hard life lived well.
A song for the soundtrack of good times and bad.
On music that helps us remember in the midst of job loss.
Suffering with others on the longest night of the year.
Ten things I’ve learned about trauma.
On reading the paper and selecting which stories to let in.