https://player.vimeo.com/video/231374371 Dad: Do you have the car? Are we going home? Me: No, we can’t go home. You’re in the hospital. Dad: Oh. When are we going to go? Me:…
Year: 2017
A Prayer of Collective Repentance
Lord, have mercy upon us. We have shouted more than we have listened. We have looked through rage and defiance and have brutalized our brothers and sisters. We have forgotten…
When Jesus is in the House
Just another time to worship... Then, suddenly, something happens. Flecks of the ceiling are falling on the teacher's shoulder. The flecks turn into chunks and out of a gaping hole…
Grace is on a Family Tree
My friend loves Jesus. That sounds commonplace, doesn’t it? It becomes less pedestrian when I tell you that his Mom died a drug addict and his father was a devout…
When You Say Farewell
We all learn that people come and people go. You could lose the one you love in the turn of a road, in a sudden bend in the stream and…
The Two Questions that He Keeps Asking
After the resurrection, Jesus returns to the disciples and sets his attention on Peter. You remember Peter. He's the cussing disciple. The sword wheeling, water stumbling, denier whose tongue sprinted a…
A Sacred Connection
The child arrives on the planet and a new daddy shouts, and the grandparents weep with joy, but the mother is the first to see her child deeply. Children are born…
Sometimes It’s Hard to Sing
Every now and then, pain steals something so important to us. External forces or internal conflicts arise and over time, we discover that we have lost our song. How is it possible…
The First Words of The Resurrected Jesus
The seven last words of Jesus have been lauded in songs and art. But when we consider the first words of Jesus after the resurrection, we discover what this new reality and commission looks…
It’s Sunday!
It’s Sunday. And Jesus is with us! His obituary is in the paper and, for goodness sakes alive, He is sitting at our breakfast table! He is supposed to be…