The Critics
It started at an after-work happy hour. Grousing about the all-but-notional pay raises, certain decisions made by the leadership team, the way those decisions were communicated. At first I mostly sat quietly and listened — after all, I loved my new job! What did I have to complain about? But over time, I joined in […]
Babe
Whether on a church sign or a doormat, the word “welcome” doesn’t always tell the truth. What we do know is that it’s fixed in place. A true welcome is a stance, a practice, a moving thing. It’s most powerful when it’s in loving pursuit, carried in an outstretched hand: Medicine for the wounded, food for the […]
Sword of Subtraction
A friend asked me to ponder the question, “What is shaping me?” Then put it another way, “What does a resurrection-shaped life look like?” I find these questions difficult because I realize so much is beyond my control. More and more, I am in new, often unwelcome, territory. Beloved ones die. Health issues increase. Years of comfortable ways of connecting in […]
You Belong
A few weeks ago I led a silent retreat at Dayspring, “Awakening to Love’s Promptings.” The group gathered was quite diverse – Christian, Jewish, Muslim, non-religious identified, Black, White, Latino, young adults, middle and older aged, women and men; I didn’t ask about work or background, but my sense was that we were diverse in […]
