This week, as this episode is released, I am in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, serving with the Appalachian Service Project. Alongside youth and adults from Dulin United Methodist Church, I’ll spend the week helping make homes warmer, safer, and drier. It is a week of service, but it is also a week of practice. This … Continue reading Ripening Intention: Showing Up as Yourself
This week I head off to Annual Conference. For those unfamiliar with United Methodist life, Annual Conference is a yearly gathering of clergy and lay members from across a region. We worship together, study scripture together, conduct the business of the church, approve budgets, celebrate ministry, commission new leaders, and make decisions about our shared … Continue reading Ripening View: Learning to See Relationally
There’s a line in Pretty Woman that has stayed with me for years. Julia Roberts’ character says quietly, almost painfully honestly: “It’s easier to believe the bad stuff.” I suspect most of us know exactly what she means. A hundred kind words can drift past us like wind through an open window, but one criticism can settle … Continue reading It’s Easier to Believe the Bad Stuff
We believethat we are held within a living relational Field,seen and unseen,known and unfolding,in which all things belong. We believethat we are not separate from this Field,but arise within it—unique in our expression,and inseparably connected to all that is. We believethat what we call “the future”is not a distant place drawing us onward,but the unfolding … Continue reading Held In a Living Field
There are moments in life that feel extraordinary—full, vibrant, alive. For many of us in the Christian tradition, Easter is one of those moments. The days leading up to it are filled with meaning: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, the quiet in-between, and then the celebration of resurrection. There is energy, community, depth, and beauty. These … Continue reading Show Up: Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary
Where the Divine Becomes Visible There is a way of seeing the world that changes everything. For many, the word incarnation points to a single moment in history—a sacred expression of the divine in one person. And that matters. It always will. But what if incarnation is not only something that happened… but something that is happening? … Continue reading Where the Divine Becomes Visible
The spiritual life is often described as a journey. That image has been on my mind lately—the sense that we are walking a path that continues for as long as we draw breath, and perhaps beyond. Along that path there are stopping places. Sometimes we sit on a bench along the side of the road … Continue reading Ripening Along the Path
Forgiveness is one of those words we hear so often that it can start to feel hollow. We’re told it’s important. We’re encouraged to “let it go.” We’re reminded—sometimes gently, sometimes not—that forgiving is good for us and for others. And yet, if we’re honest, many of us have had the experience of forgiving and … Continue reading When Forgiveness Doesn’t Fix Everything
There are moments in life when the ways we have understood ourselves, the world, and even God simply stop working. The stories that once held us together lose their coherence. The beliefs that once gave us certainty begin to feel thin. The practices that once grounded us start to feel empty or incomplete. And suddenly … Continue reading When Meaning Breaks Down
Each of us carries wounds within us—some visible, many not. They are the quiet echoes of pain, disappointment, or loss that have shaped our lives in ways we often don’t realize. These emotional and spiritual wounds are not signs of weakness; they are part of what makes us human. Yet, when they go unacknowledged, they … Continue reading The Wounds We Carry
Infinitely Precious 