NOTE: For the past week, I've been laboring over this post; it always starts out the way I want but quickly descends into snark or judg...

October is filled with celebrations and challenges. In New England, the season is a glorious in-between time: summer's verdant bounty gr...

One of the many truths about contemporary life in these periodically "United States" is that we have monetized everything - inclu...

Someone's going to slam me as some kind of neo-con for this, but here goes. A few days back there was a reel posted on FB with a message...

About three weeks ago, after I was quietly informed by two ecclesiastical leaders that our request for a change in my ministerial standing h...

I was recently able to have lunch with our oldest daughter’s godfather and my favorite Sunday School teacher, Malcom, as we celebrated his 9...

In this week's summary of reflections at the Center for Contemplation and Action, Barbara Brown Taylor's synthesis of the apophatic ...

This is my favorite time of year: the gradual letting go of Terra Mater's  warm colors of autumn as she begins her slow descent into the...