What Love Looks Like
Great love stories are told and retold throughout the ages, carrying medicine for healing hearts. When we hear them, we become the story. They are ours.And they are shared. We are swept up in the flow of them as they wash over us. They intoxicate us, impregnate us, inviting our souls to birth their sweet songs. […]
The Impatient Son
An essential part of human nature is wanting things NOW, even if — maybe especially if — we aren’t ready for them. It’s almost a defining feature of childhood: the toddler wanting to run and climb before he is steady on his feet; the teenager testing every rule and limit in search of her impending […]
Grace Period
Jesus begins this teaching with a clear statement: Suffering is not God’s punishment, nor is success a sign of special blessing. Life is littered with unexpected pain, but those things do not reveal the nature of God.* But Jesus’ parable of the barren fig tree leaves me wondering. Not so much about the protective […]
Flores
The caption for this week’s reading*, Jesus’ Sorrow for Jerusalem, resonates in my bones. My past few weeks have felt like a whirlwind—filled with uncertainty, outrage, and moments of exhaustion. My friends and I remind each other to be kind, to embody community, and to hold one another with tenderness. In this week’s gospel, we […]
