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Living With A Tender Heart – A Reflection On The News And Staying Informed
Delete. Delete. Delete. I just can’t, I said to myself as I deleted another email, unopened and unread. The subject lines were enough: Breaking news; What you missed over the weekend; The latest on the war in Iran; Trump says, …; A federal judge ruled …; What you need to know about …; ICE Deports…
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Sacrificing Our Certitude – A Sermon On Genesis 22:1-14
“God tested Abraham.” So what do you think? Was Abraham being faithful when he “reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son”? Did he pass the test? The usual interpretation says yes. Abraham passed the test. But I’m not so sure.
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Living With A Tender Heart – Holding The Tension
How then does a tender heart live in the world these days? That’s a question I asked in a post about a month ago. It’s a question I continue to carry and live with. Maybe you also are carrying and living with that question. To ask the question is to stand in and hold the…
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Join The Protest – Reflections On Holy Week And Easter 2026
Happy Easter! I hope you are Eastering well. Below are my reflections for Holy Week and Easter Sunday this year. Most years I find and follow a thread through Holy Week to Easter. This year the thread was protest. I don’t mean protest in the sense of simply being a dis-agreer. To protest is to…
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Resurrection: A Life Of Protest – An Easter Sunday Reflection
Alleluia. Christ is risen. The Lord is Risen indeed. Alleluia. Sweet words that roll off the tongue. Familiar words we speak with ease. We say them every year, every Easter. It’s always the same. And I never want it to change. Alleluia. Christ is risen. What does that mean? Is Easter simply the happy ending…
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Feeling Overwhelmed And Powerless? – A Holy Saturday Reflection
Overwhelmed and powerless. I’ve had days like that, you probably have too. What were they like for you? What happened? What were the conversations in your head? What feelings, memories, hopes did you carry in your heart? On those days I feel small and insignificant. Circumstances feel large and heavy. I feel pressed down and…
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Maybe The Cross Is What It Is – A Good Friday Reflection
I don’t know how to explain the cross and the crucifixion of Jesus. It makes no sense to me. I understand the theories of atonement, but not the cross or why “Jesus had to die.” Though I understand the many explanations, I find them less and less convincing or helpful. Maybe there is nothing to…
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What’s New About Love? – A Maundy Thursday Reflection
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another” (John 13:34.), Jesus said after washing the feet of his disciples. (John 13:1-17, 31b-35) So, what’s new about love? What makes this commandment, this love, new? Love is not an idea original with or unique to Jesus and he wasn’t the first to command…
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No Kings – A Palm Sunday Reflection
This Saturday, March 28th, is the third No Kings Day protest and Sunday, March 29th, is Palm Sunday, but here’s what I wonder: What if Palm Sunday was the original No Kings protest? What if Jesus, the disciples, and the crowd that follows Jesus are protesting violence, injustice, and imperial power? Instead of protest songs…