Steering By Stars – Mar. 29, 2023

“After so many years of trying to cobble together a way of thinking about God that makes sense so that I can safely settle down with it, it all turns to nada. There is no permanently safe place to settle. I will always be at sea, steering by stars. Yet as dark as this sounds, […]

Embracing Sorrow – Sept. 26, 2022

“Yes, there are ruins in everyone’s life, and no one is immune from feelings of having to settle for some kind of second class. But finally it is a kind of comfort and relief to know that we are ordinary people in the human family–uncommon common people especially loved by God. After a time of […]

A Token of God’s Presence – Aug. 27, 2021

“This faith will not offer me much to hold on to. It will not give me a safe place to settle. Practicing it will require me to celebrate the sacraments of defeat and loss, but since the religion I know best has a lot to say about losing as the precondition for finding, I can […]

Steering by Stars – Aug. 25, 2021

“After so many years of trying to cobble together a way of thinking about God that makes sense so that I can safely settle down with it, it all turns to nada. There is no permanently safe place to settle. I will always be at sea, steering by stars. Yet as dark as this sounds, […]