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
Five years ago, I started a podcast by accident. At least that’s how it feels when I look back on it now. In the fall of 2021, I was serving as chaplain to a group of seven young adults involved with Appalachia Service Project. Brendan, Gabi, Haley, Katie, Manon, Megan, and Mollie invited me into … Continue reading The Gifts You Never Saw Coming
There are moments in life when we begin to treat ourselves less like living beings and more like projects under constant revision. Maybe it begins innocently enough. We want to improve our health. We want to become more attentive, more productive, more emotionally grounded. We want to grow. Transformation is a natural part of being … Continue reading You Are Not a Problem to Be Solved
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
April 23 Today is a sacred day for me. One year ago today, on April 23, my father, William Heath Henry, died. I did not begin that day knowing it would end in farewell. But early that morning, I received the call that he had been rushed to the hospital. What followed were conversations with … Continue reading Remembering Love That Lives On
There are certain days that carry more weight than others. You don’t always notice them at first. Sometimes they arrive quietly. Other times, they announce themselves before they even get here. Anniversaries. Birthdays. Holidays. The day you got the call. The day everything changed. If you’ve lost someone you love, you know these days. They … Continue reading Inviting Grief, Intentionally
Sometimes the most meaningful thing we can do is pause. Today, I found myself stepping away from a busy day, sitting quietly with a cup of coffee, and realizing that instead of rushing toward a topic, what was needed was a moment of presence—a simple check-in. Together, we explore what’s happening in the body: where … Continue reading Recognize. Release. Return
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
Recognize. Release. Return. Hello, beloved. There are seasons in life when the pressure quietly builds. Sometimes it’s obvious—deadlines, responsibilities, expectations stacking one on top of another. Other times it’s more subtle, but just as real: the quiet hope that what we offer matters, that what we say or do might reach someone, might make a … Continue reading When the Pressure Bears Down
Infinitely Precious 