ambition
Jesus models a lot of things, but ambition seems not to be one. There will be ambition in any organization and of course the church adds fuel to the fire…
something new
The death of patriarchy in our society and our church has begun, though slowly. White men will no longer be in charge. Women will begin to take over and systems…
Sabbath and self-worship
This is an image from Prague. I took the photo walking from my home, into the city the day I was hit by a train. I remember, now, how…
envy
Someone recently asked me what one word I would use to sum up America. Before I could self-edit, I blurted out a word which made the group of a…
ritual, ceremony and a bad dream
Today I heard Richard Rohr say that the difference between ritual and ceremony is that ritual lets in the darkness. It felt so true that for a few beats I…
exchanging our speeches for silence
It takes great courage to be gentle. And it takes especially great courage to be gentle with our selves. We hold tightly onto the things we have chosen to believe.…