I remember a conversation with my friend Cindy not long after my mom had died in 2014 and while I was thinking about launching this whole website and book writing adventure that I was incubating. I told her about my hopes for the website and some of my ideas about blogging and the book that I wanted to write. And I was surprised when her response to me was an understated, “It sounds to me like you have a lot to say.” That was truly some much-needed wisdom and affirmation at a hard and busy time for me. And now,...
Divine and Human Jesus, how many moments of darkness and terror have been endured in war-torn nations? How much blood has been shed? How many lives have been shattered by violence? How many hopes have been buried under the pain and rubble? Let there be a movement of compassion that leads us to initiate concrete action to achieve an equitable justice for the peoples of the world. Guide us toward justice and peace for those who live under the overwhelming reality of violence, for those who have become refugees from their homes due to wars of aggression, for those who...
Last updated: December 7, 2025 According to Joanne Freeman, history professor at Yale, we are living in a time of “extreme contingency.” The political landscape in the United States is dire. I tediously and obsessively watch the news daily, with growing concern. Universities, corporations, media outlets, and law firms are being extorted by officials in the White House. The economy of the United States is spiraling downward, driven largely by the imposition of steep tariffs and an increasing number of layoffs. Masked agents sweep up immigrants and citizens alike, and detention camps are being set up across the country to...
When I volunteered to lead morning prayer last Sunday, I had no idea that the subject of the readings would be the apocalypse. The Old Testament reading was from Daniel, chapter 12: ”At that time Michael, the great prince, the protector of your people, shall arise. There shall be a time of anguish, such as has never occurred since nations first came into existence. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some...
Take seriously your grief.It is love, stripped bare.Let it flow through you. Trust that you are held.We all are held by the Beloved,the Broken-Hearted One,the One who Suffers most Deeply. Know you are not alone.Millions bear your sorrow.Ancestors and even unborn generationswalk with you gratefully. Seek others who are tenderhearted.Receive all the grace you can.In the flesh is best, but even in spirit,know we are here. Trust the Goodness.God has not given up on us.Through every disaster grace remains.Refuse to despair. Choose courage over selfishness,trust over fear, love over anger.You do not know the end of grace. There is much...
