Category: The Magazine

I ascend my little ladder in the morning before sunrise.  Going up is easy, as it was, I expect, in the Transfiguration story.  But coming down…that is harder (as it was in the Transfiguration story also, I expect.)

Once upon a time there was a squirrel named Bushy. He was a fine little squirrel, but as he grew older everyone began to notice a change in him. All he cared about was gathering nuts. Every day you could hear his voice ringing through the forest: “Gotta get more nuts! Gotta get more nuts!”

Having finally wrapped my brain around the impossible goodness of our Lord, I decided I owed it to Him to wear a cross.

I clutter my home with love.  Well, things really.  But they are icons of love – hard to let go of and yet…it is time to simplify.  It is time “to small” my life.  Small should be a verb.

We review the upcoming book from Fortress Press that explores the world of Christians who support Trump

For anyone who has always wanted to go deeper into theological study, the arts, or a certain outdoor activity, spending a week here can be like trying to drink from a fire hose.

“The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.” Joseph Campbell

“Is work only about the money? How does God regard us while we are doing what we are doing, and how do we live faithfully while responding to demands, trying to take care of other human beings or making sure “the customer is always right”?”

This is the last essay from our partnership with Empire Remixed to share a series of responses to the Living Church looking at full inclusion and sacramental equality….