Wilderness Waiting
Simply waiting has become a waste of time, a space to be filled with quick plans, funny screen-shots or solitary games on some handy device. When I took the Metro down to the Festival Center for their annual “chocolate and caroling” singalong, I noticed that everyone on the train was glued to a cellphone, and […]
Preparing the Way
The Road to Seguin, Haiti, photographed by Erica Lloyd “Prepare the way for the Lord.”* Like so much of the Bible these days, it’s one of those biblical phrases that I long took for granted. Of course John prepared the way for Jesus! But suddenly I couldn’t quite wrap my head around those words. […]
What Kind of Good News is This?
The news is filled with war and violence, earthquakes and floods, political posturing and threats of the end of democracy. Sometimes, I cannot tell the difference between the morning news and biblical predictions of solar and lunar eclipse, falling stars, and warnings to stay awake* lest disaster overtake us. While the advertising machinery fills us […]
Disguised
Mother Teresa once said,” Whenever I meet someone in need, it’s really Jesus in his most distressing disguise.” I wish I could say that. It did happen once though. I was a temporary manager at the Potter’s House, our church’s coffeehouse and bookstore. A young man came through the door, smelly, drunk, filthy, muttering. This […]
