Jubilee JumpStart
If you can imagine the warm, welcoming, light-filled place and the beautiful and brilliant children and teachers who spend their days at Jubilee JumpStart, you know that I am blessed to be living a version of Frederick Buechner’s well-known quote: “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the […]
Sharing the Recovery Café Model
Everyday during the community announcements at Recovery Cafe, Sue waves her hand high and shares enthusiastically, “Today I have 375 days sober and I met the love of my life.” Everyday the number increases, but the proclamation that she has met the love of her life remains the same. While it’s true that Sue has […]
Communities of Belonging
For much of my adult life depression has stalked me, occasionally catching up to me and robbing me of perspective. Depression is not only a thief, but a skilled liar. At its worst, it tells you that those you love and the causes you care about would be better off without you. Last month our […]
Who Is My Family?
What a hard challenge Mary and her family faced! They were faced with relinquishing their privileged place in Jesus’ life and opening to his cosmic vision of family; an invitation to move from a conception of family as a closed, almost sacred, unit, to a wildly welcoming space, with no boundaries except to love. When […]