Am I the One?
I was living in Port-au-Prince in 2015 when Hurricane Matthew crashed into Haiti’s southern peninsula. News trickled in of the devastation, and my colleagues and I began gathering truckloads of food, medical supplies, and construction materials to send down with our team of volunteers. “Are you going with them?” A friend asked.“Oh no,” I said. […]
Pentecost
Pentecost came early for me this year. As I watched the empty streets in my urban neighborhood, I felt a sudden shift from loss to gratitude — for the common purpose that empty streets signify right now. I had been annoyed by the inconvenience of staying home, of avoiding others and not being able to […]
Glory
Whenever I read passages where Jesus talks about glorifying God, or saying things like “glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed,”* I never quite understand what he means. Glory seems like an old-fashioned sort of word, one that is connected somehow with war, […]
The Promise of a Friend
What does comfort look like to you? In these times of uncertainty, when the chess pieces have been swept to the floor, we long to feel comfort. For me, it comes in the form of a sacred story. Seventeen years ago, early in the spring, my dad was hospitalized. After receiving the call from my mom, Eva […]