Doubt and Trust

As I write this, it is still Lent, and in the locked room of my imagination Jesus is still headed towards the cross, and not yet walking through walls to join the cowering disciples who watched their hopes die along with him on the cross.* Instead of replying “He is risen, indeed” to the victorious […]

A Rising Song

The word came to me as a waking dream, right in the middle of a Lenten fast that had been hard. A sharp reminder that I have the power to sing, even in the darkness. To dance without music. To see daylight through the dark veil of war, be it within or without. The tears remind me […]

Giving Up

It has now been over a year since the whole world, and my life along with it, changed in response to the pandemic. Perhaps the biggest change for me is simply the realization that it is truly impossible to know what the next year—or even the next day or minute—will bring. I still make plans, […]

That We Might See

For a string of early mornings in late fall of last year, I witnessed out the window a full-bodied mist rising over the pond, slowly enveloping the meadow, and moving in my direction. Marveling and curious I decided to venture into that mist and see what I could see. This was not without a bit […]