walking sacraments
Anything can be an icon. The church loves to have all sorts of rules about what is and is not, what qualifies and what does not, what is holy…
The Burning Bush’s Silence
What did Moses see when he turned from the road and saw the bush which burned, but was not consumed? What does a burning bush look like? How do we…
the stewardship of our being part of a new creation
Isaiah 65:17-25 For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and…
stewardship of two concrete slabs ten stories in the air
LIke the Episcopal Church, Mormonism is a branch of the Christian faith full of wonderful aspects of human life but run through with the frailties and insecurities and narcissism of…
the stewardship of our lives in glass and stone
Beneath the cathedral is a stream, or series of streams, which weakens the stone and is why the cathedral was never built out to its full size. It is currently…
stewarding the messy
This image of a vine growing around a steel bar is from a recent walk in the Botanical Gardens. The image seemed to ring a bell in me. Is this…
the stewardship of our creativity
When the idea came to me to make this vase for the opening of a show at the New Hampshire Museum of Fine Art, I was making a second version…
stewarding our detachment
It is hard to describe the importance I place on my dog's presence in the ministry in which I am engaged. Every day but Friday, I take Kai, my black…
drunken light
Who are you that you burst into our ordered lives taking light to strange places when the work we do is what we want lit? Who are you that you…
grilled cheese and silence
This is a grilled cheese sandwich with jalapeno peppers. This crunchy package of cheesy, spicy, buttery wonderfulness is practically sacramental to me. When I need comfort food, as I do…