Necessity, the mother of invention (even in the church)
The church needs to try new things and be free to explore creative new pathways. Yet, like many other institutions, it can be bound by [...]
The importance of asking big questions (and listening to the answers)
We can’t expect people to change their views, but we can learn about others, and ourselves, by just listening.
And Yet, Your Heavenly Father Feeds Them
The collective practice of love involves receiving care just as much as giving it.
What’s interesting about religion and the church?
In the midst of conversations about the future of this institution or the decline of that congregation, it is astonishingly easy to miss the point. [...]
What do you do in life?
Each one of us must determine when and whether to speak openly about our faith to people who may be hostile to it.
God amidst the surf
What are the opportunities for me to meet God in surprising, unexpected, and unusual ways?
Praying for Christian unity
Why should you care about Christian unity? It’s a question worth asking in this week, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Outside church walls
What do you find in our liturgies that can reshape your life—and the lives of others—outside the church walls?
Seeking new patterns
Sometimes that change is forced upon us, as it was for me. Other times, we are given the grace to acknowledge the need for change [...]
An Advent theme: Stay woke
“And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake!” (Mark 13:37) Dear colleagues, Happy New Year! In this first week of Advent, [...]