On the Way: Resurrection

Easter morning at my church we were encouraged to be attentive in the days and weeks ahead to sightings of the Risen Christ and to then share those experiences with each other, much like what happened with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus.* In preparation, I have been pondering what I see in […]

The Dark Night of the Soul – Mar. 27, 2023

“Like darkness itself, the dark night of the soul means different things to different people. Some use the phrase to describe the time following a great loss, while others remember it as the time leading up to a difficult decision. Whatever the circumstances, what the stories have in common is their description of a time […]

Between the Lines – Mar. 9, 2023

“But remembering is not our final task, for there are stories we will never find, no matter how many times we search the sacred texts. I think it was Marcia Falk who wrote, “What we cannot remember, we must imagine.” And so we read between the lines, listening beneath the layers of suppression and neglect […]

A Call for Me?

My dad was, in his own words, “just a country doctor with a sniff and sneeze practice.” It was his way of downplaying the extraordinary effort that it had taken him to work his way through medical school during the Depression because he wanted to help people. I also knew that he felt called to […]