Tears
Jesus wept.* Then, wiping away his tears, cried out, “Unbind him, and let him go.” As a child, I took comfort in this: the young rabbi had his own breaking point — his release valve was just like mine. Of course it was! But being taught to worship him put him somehow beyond me. Heroes are meant to […]
Dodging Joy
Standing at the hotel bar in Puerto Rico, we could hardly hear any of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time performance, but we could see the joy. I watched as the young bartender turned away from the screen where she had stood mesmerized, wiping the tears streaming down her face so that she could return to […]
Quenching Our Thirst
A friend and colleague, Joy, introduced a group of us to a simple contemplative practice at the start of our gathering together. Moving around a circle she invited us to receive from the person beside us the greeting, I see you; in reply to express, It is good to be seen. Each one of us […]
Loving the World
Long ago, before I began to call myself a Christian, I was often mystified by signs and banners at sports events and other public places saying nothing more than John 3:16.* Not knowing many Christians of any kind, let alone those who I later learned might call themselves “evangelical,” I wondered what this strange-looking code […]
