It’s nearing the end of the Summer season and with the start of September, comes the start of church nursery, Sunday School, catechism, youth groups, Friendship groups and various other church groups...
“Do you have someone of EVERY generation in your group?” My colleague asked this of our school social worker, who was sharing about a pottery class that she’d been taking for about a year. She began...
Anyone God uses significantly is always deeply wounded…We are, each and every one of us, insignificant people whom God has called and graced to use in a significant way…On the last day, Jesus will...
Changing your mind is never easy. If you have believed that something is true for a long time, it can be challenging to be convinced that it’s not true. I was in Paris in 2015 for the meeting of the...
“When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” - John 8:12 (NIV) Severe heat wave hits...
It is relatively easy to meet God in moments of joy or bliss. In these situations we correctly count ourselves blessed by God. The challenge is to believe that this is also true - and to know God’s...
About an hour outside of present-day Phoenix is a site sacred to the San Carlos Apache Tribe: Chi’chil Biłdagoteel—Oak Flat. This small stretch of forest in the Tonto National Forest is home to oaks...
At a recent worship service in my home congregation, we moved through the ordinary rhythms of common worship: singing songs of praise and gratitude for God’s work among and for us, confessing our...
Each year, when my students and I travel to Cuernavaca, Mexico to visit with local activists, community builders, human rights workers, and anti-poverty advocates, we meet with a lifelong justice and...
“The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it”, says the NRSV in Psalm 24:1. God has called human beings to take care of that precious gift. We need to work hard to protect the earth from threats to...
Dubai, a city synonymous with opulence, ambition, and grandeur, played host to the crucial COP28 summit. As I walked through the Expo Center, memories of a bygone era in 2005 flooded my mind. I...
I was at the United Nations conference on climate change (called “COP” for Conference of Parties) in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates in December. I watched a David versus Goliath battle. The fossil...
