Probably like many people across America, I’ve been feeling anxious this week. Seeing unrepentant and unexamined entitlement on display; seeing trauma trotted out cavalierly, has been hard for me. But yesterday, I drove.
An icon artist reflects on the role of women in the church and in her work
We review “Post-Traumatic God: How the Church Cares for People Who Have Been to Hell and Back” by David W. Peters
How might we nurture and grow the divine within?
I suspect that there might be as many answers to the question as there are Christians. Even the big answers upon which most of us agree—things like Son of God, Savior, Messiah, Redeemer, Lord—mean different things to different people at different times.
Two poems that explore the yearning for God in the human heart
A parish in transition found new energy in contemplating once again; “what would Jesus do?”
Raising major gifts is about relationship AND organization… in service to a meaningful purpose
At about 1:45 a firefighter came up to me and asked what I thought to be an odd question: Is there going to be a 2 o’clock mass today? I’m sure I looked confused so he repeated his question: Is there going to be a 2 o’clock mass today? The second time around I understood what he was asking and thought to myself: You want a mass here? I was horrified at the thought of a Great Thanksgiving celebrated in Hell and said as much: You want a mass here?
A North Carolina parish has launched an environmental stewardship program that has the potential to change the world and our congregations