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When People Feel Called to Walk Away
Somehow, they both decided they needed to take a walk. We don’t know if new life was a problem, or if it was nervous energy.
Doing the Inner Work: Bio-Spiritual Focusing
I pause after parking. I sit with the sensation with intentional compassion. The reason for the heavy feeling becomes apparent: anxiety about an upcoming conversation.
On This Holy Night
The Vigil has become a new/old tradition at my church, and five years on, the “Night of Radiant Splendor” has become my favorite part of
The Shi’a X Factor in Iran
From the flat roof of a missionary doctor’s home we saw men marching through the street, beating their chests, whipping their backs with razor tipped
What Happened at My Aunt’s Deathbed
“Oh, the different one.” That’s how my Aunt Julia greeted me after I arrived to join my mom and sister at her bedside in the
With the Wind
While it’s easy to get discouraged, pull over, and call for a ride home, I’m reminded to just keep pedaling.
More and Enough
Our fervent first-time parent efforts were rewarded when our daughter said her first word, not spoken aloud, but signed in Baby ASL with her hands.
Things We Project . . . and Things We Might Project
John projected his own doubts onto his friend “The Twin” and branded him alone among all twelve apostles.
Interconnection and the Convergence of Wisdoms
We have been, over the course of human history, poor pupils of this lesson. I wonder, as we lurch from outrage to outrage, cruelty to
Blood, Thunder, and the Furies of the Bible
Despite biblical stories of holy wars, populations decimated, and heads served on platters, the community of faith to which I belonged seemed to take it
A Better Way in the Middle East
Beginning in the nineteenth century, another very different wave of Americans swept into the region. Christian missionaries brought a very different message to the Muslim
Singing of the Future
This semester, I’ve been teaching my beloved Dante again as I prepare with my students to go on our own pilgrimage to Italy. Monday night