
Swaddling: A Novice’s Guide to Parenting on the Occasion of Her High School Graduation
I needed to learn how to be a dad to the life that was actually present instead of the life I was anticipating.

I needed to learn how to be a dad to the life that was actually present instead of the life I was anticipating.

It feels captivating that the world might be cradled in the palm of a hand, not merely created by the love of God but sustained

The dominant Western social imaginary is individualistic. Hierarchical. Authoritarian. The doctrine of the Trinity is anything but.

What do our professed values matter if we allow genocide to happen? Does any of our lofty rhetoric about freedom, democracy, and the value of

Church spaces are full of small talk. It’s often in narthexes and the backs of sanctuaries, during coffee hour or community meals, that our children

Hot takes grab attention not simply with decisiveness but divisiveness. We celebrate winners and give a dismissive backhand to those labeled as “losers.”

An injury left me immobile on the couch for a few months. Thankfully, I’m slowly walking now, but in some ways I’m still carrying the

To create is to insist that destruction will not have the final word.

I ate my bowl of lentils, growing more and more concerned, until I glimpsed out of the corner of my eye one of the monks