Jesus invites us to come to Him & take a real rest. In his presence we’ll learn the unforced rhythms of grace.* Together, Alone is a guided group retreat into solitude and silence. This retreat is designed to be an extended time for being with and listening to God in a space where you are […]
Not my will
On this final week of Advent, we are invited to be a silent participant in the annunciation, the story of Gabriel’s visit to Mary announcing that she would conceive and bear the Son of God. I want us to pay close attention to Mary’s response to this life-altering news and invite us to consider how […]
Creation Care
Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor writes, This land that gives us our food, our water; these trees that clean the air for us to breathe; all these green and growing things that bless our bodies with their beauty – these are not resources. They are fellow creatures, with their own rights and responsibilities before God. They […]
Blessing when you want to Curse
The refrains of our community right now are filled with sounds of sadness and loss, anger and disappointment. These melodies are dark and deep, aren’t they? The reasons for the heaviness of our hearts are many, not the least of which are an unbelievably stressful election season, the seventh month of isolation in a pandemic, […]
How fasting can dismantle our fear
Can I suggest one of the reasons humanity is so prone to perpetuating systems of injustice is due to our fear? It is fear keeping us from prioritizing someone else’s needs above our own, concerned about having our needs neglected. It is fear that keeps us hoarding our resources – our money, our food, our […]
How your vote can help build God’s Kingdom
Our spiritual formation – our being transformed into the image of Jesus – has three essential spheres: personal, corporate, and social. How painfully challenging is this word from the late Robert Mulholland? “Corporate spirituality will wither on the vine if it does not reach out into the world.” So here we are talking a lot […]
Pray, then do justice.
According to Father Ronald Rolheiser, Social justice tries to look at the system […] within which we live so as to name and change those structural things that account for the fact that some of us are unduly penalized even as others of us are unduly privileged. The Holy Longing When we talk about social […]
Pick a side.
As I was getting dressed this morning I opted for a shirt I bought off of Etsy in lieu of the racial unrest sweeping our nation. It’s a quote from Desmond Tutu. It says, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.“* Desmond Tutu is a retired […]
Look again
Lament is about listening to the stories of brokenness and anger, giving value and voice to people who suffer all around us. Lament is refusing to turn a blind eye. Lament is choosing to align ourselves with the grief and suffering of others. Lament speaks truth and lament holds onto hope that God is here […]
Why lament when there’s work to be done?
When it comes to our next steps of social justice, I am praying you will eagerly join me in the work of #anti-racism: dismantling the racist atrocities that occur every day in both obvious and covert ways and instead establishing God’s Kingdom of abundant generosity and lavish welcome. Friends, when it comes to establishing God’s […]