Happily Ever After
This weekend I read an article on CNN that said marriage rates are way up, particularly since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Further, divorce rates are way down, […]
Good Questions
Yesterday I was reminded of the power of good questions. Sometimes we place so much emphasis on the answer given or the statement made that we forget what prompted the […]
Another Way to Worship
Particularly from my time in college and on, I was largely shaped and formed by evangelicalism. The emphasis was on an individual relationship with Jesus and the importance of Scripture, […]
Touching the Cross of Christ
Last week donald trump spoke before the National Religious Broadcasters – a collection of fundamentalist evangelicals committed to “protect[ing] the free speech rights” of religious broadcasters. Their commitment to protect […]
Democracy for All
Whether it is in prayer groups that I am part of or during Sunday morning worship, I am hearing more prayer concerns about the precariousness of democracy in the United […]
Showing Up
Last week, the Executive Director of DC Jobs With Justice and a good friend of mine, Elizabeth Falcon gave me a beautiful bouquet of flowers. I of course had not […]
The Truth is Not Enough
I usually like to read at least a couple of books at a time, just in case one isn’t as interesting as the other. And I like to make sure […]
The Politics of Love
My oldest son, Elisha, got married last week in Miami. The wedding was amazing. His new wife, Sydney, is a beautiful, loving, fun, smart woman and they are clearly in […]
Welcome Mats
Here, we love to throw parties, Tell stories, find hope, and Practice the ways for Jesus As best we can. We’re all hurt or hungry in our own ways. We’re […]
Relentless
Over the Christmas break I finished reading a few books, one of them about Ida B. Wells called, To Tell the Truth Freely, by Mia Bray. It is an excellent […]