Every Single Moment – Nov. 1, 2021
“There is a story of a woman running away from tigers. She runs and runs and the tigers are getting closer and closer. When she comes to the edge of a cliff, she sees some vines there, so she climbs down and holds on to the vines. Looking down, she sees that there are tigers […]
Bearing Love – Oct. 18, 2021
“I think William Blake was right about the purpose of humanity; we are here to learn to bear the beams of love. There are three meanings of bearing love: to endure it, to carry it, and to bring it forth. In the first, we are meant to grow in our capacity to endure love’s beauty […]
More Than a Baby – Jan. 1, 2021
“The celebration of Christmas is not merely a sentimental waiting for a baby to be born. It is much more an asking for history to be born! Creation groans in its birth pains, waiting for our participation with God in its renewal (see Romans 8:20–23). We do the Gospel no favor when we make Jesus, […]
Something New Is Being Born
There is something very different about the demonstrations which have continued since George Floyd’s death. I notice the diversity and determination: white, black and brown; male, female and trans; young and middle-aged. It feels like Pentecost to me. Not only is this movement about ending police brutality and racial profiling, but I sense there is […]
