I love poetry. For years I didn't know that I did. I was knocked over, moved to tears and consumed with an inexplicable joy from time to...

As I take stock of my Lenten journey with Jesus on the way to the Cross and the Resurrection, I must confess that it has been an uneven soj...

One of the reasons I continue to tell time according to the Christian calendar has to do with its circular nature: the liturgical year, li...

One of my favorite contemporary performing artists is Carrie Newcomer. On this fourth Sunday in Lent - when some of us have paid NO attentio...

The insightful, tender-hearted and talented, Carrie Newcomer, has written a host of soul healing songs. Spending time with her in concert or...

Today is rainy and cold. This entire week has been cold but the sun was out, too. Doing yard work - even hard pruning and raking - was sat...

Back in my days of charismania, my inner life was re-vitalized by a single line of scripture. In the gospel according to St. John Jesus tell...

One of the deep joys of the past four years has been living more deeply into a new ministry that is shaped by the "road less traveled...

This week will be given to small tasks: grocery shopping, bread baking, clearing  the land of a hard winter's detritus, putting books aw...

There is one more Fred Rogers story I want to reflect upon during Lent: the unique and transformative relationship between Rogers and  Franc...