Sharing church, a place of invitation
Waiting for the bridegroom together—through difficulty, anger, anxiety, boredom, impatience, loneliness, and weariness
Why can’t I pay attention to anything anymore?
Reaching out to God and to one another in the midst of a pandemic
Building what we cannot see
Paul did not understand himself to be founding an institution of any kind.... But he left us, in his example of caring for his communities, [...]
Vida Scudder and the democratic spirit
"To promote the common life, it is necessary to live the life in common.”
Leading in tumultuous times
We all need peace and quiet, predictability and dependability at the moment, but we also need the courage and conviction to take a stand as [...]
Pilgrimage and pandemic
What's the destination the church is headed towards in this transformational pandemic?
From doom and despair, to… hope?
Every fall, I feel the urge to read adventure stories. Being a creature of habit, I typically turn to some personal favorites during the change [...]
Prayer in a pandemic
Dear colleagues, Over the course of the past summer, college staff recognized, with regret, that we wouldn’t be able to worship in person in St. [...]
The way of the cross in the world
Dear colleagues, The church calendar today calls us to commemorate Holy Cross Day. Wait, you might say, isn’t that what Good Friday is about? Holy [...]
God provides—even in the desert
Dear colleagues, At times, it seems like my overriding experience of the past several months has been exhaustion. It’s been tough to juggle the many [...]