I still remember the opening session of the 2002 Festival of Faith & Writing. It featured the poet Stephen Dunn, who just the year before

Last month, I got to see my father for the first time since December 2019. I surprised him for his birthday, but the gift was

I realize we have turned the corner into June, but I didn’t want to let May slip away without acknowledging Asian American and Pacific Islander

The longest academic year in living memory is finally done. Please thank any teacher you know. It has been A LOT.  Still, there’s also that

Every time I am in Florence, I spend time meditating on one of my favorite sculptures: the pietà of Michelangelo, often referred to as “The Deposition.” Now

A vitally important step.But only one step.An arduous road still lies ahead. Lament for lives unjustly taken. Commit to the next step and the next and the

Almost everyone I know is a bit grumpy at the moment. Kind of over it. Just done.  A gorgeous Easter weekend here in West Michigan definitely

If you think about it, we don’t have many occasions in church where we corporately act out Biblical stories. Sure, there’s your live nativities and

Imagine that the entire city of Miami just disappeared. The whole population: gone.  Or maybe you can imagine Omaha or Raleigh better.  The official population