When I am feeling low on hope I go to the woods. Healing happens for me in nature. I am renewed by all the signs of redemption and hope found on a walk in the forest. This week did not disappoint. Who knew a Pileated woodpecker could say so much?
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I made us a playlist, entitled, Live in Hope. I hope it brings you comfort, hope, even joy. I love the idea of us listening to the same music as a community, and our hearts finding healing together. Enjoy and pass along!
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I think we are all asking the question: Where do we go from here? It's the same question Jesus' closest friends must have asked themselves after Jesus was gone. In the midst of their painful grief, uncertainty about the world and genuine fear, Jesus' inner circle dug deep for the
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This has been one of the hardest weeks of my life. My soul has been shaken. I have gone to the edge of despair and I know three things: Love is stronger than evil. God is with us. If you look for hope, God promises, even in the dark dark,
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If we are not careful, this world will break our hearts. We are overwhelmed by negative news. An uneasiness about the state of our present reality is warranted. For my spiritual center to hold, I need to believe there is more good than evil, more beauty than ugliness, more kindness
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Writing for a funeral always brings me to that uncomfortable edge. I find myself asking yet again what I know to be true. Is there a molecule of truth in the uncertain and unfair that I can hang on to, that I can pass on to a heartbroken world? My
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Will I wake up one day and realize that I missed the point? Has God tried to do something in my life but I was too busy, too heart-pinned with worry, and numbed by all the cultural noise that I missed the opportunity? For me, Lent is less about giving
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Welcome back! It has been a busy last six weeks for me! I was ordained, turned in a manuscript for a new book, and helped my daughter Belle with all of her college applications! Following is an excerpt from my ordination ceremony. A timely message for Valentine’s, but more, I
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Some years we need Christmas as if our whole life depended on it. Maybe this has been a challenging year in mind, body and spirit, more dark days than light. Maybe you do your best to conceal it but underneath you are lonely, afraid, and short on hope. Or maybe
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Boy do I have a Christmas gift for you! My friend and fellow Sewanee grad, now a popular professor of English at Belmont University, and the author of several celebrated books, has written what I believe to be the spiritual book of the year! In a world that feels coarse
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