Can You Drink This Cup? And Then Clean It? Spiritual formation is the lifelong journey of celebrating the image of God within us while courageously bringing the places least like Christ into the light of God’s transforming love. Last night, I had a bit of a nuclear explosion. A tectonic shift. A miserable five minutes. …
Now I Go to Preschool (And a few places for YOU to go at the bottom! ↓) ⠀Did you ever go to preschool?⠀I didn’t.⠀My preschool was home. I grew up with five siblings—all Italian Catholic humans, sharing the same resources, family system, and general chaos.⠀There were plenty of little people to negotiate life with, but …
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Who Do You Say That I Am? Today’s Lectionary Passage: Matthew 16:13–20 Yesterday we spent some time on a street corner talking with a woman who was living out of her car. Her story of losing nearly everything after a personal tragedy is one we have heard countless times. Life can unravel astonishingly fast. We …
Should we write a book for Couples? This morning we woke up to the responses from our latest social media invitation to our Overflow for Couples retreat. (retreat info here) Some people asked for prayer. Some asked for more information. A few enthusiastically registered. A few shared stories of hope, heartbreak, and longing. And a …
(photo credit My 250th Birthday Hangover I wrote last week’s newsletter before our nation’s 250th birthday because I suspected July 4 would bring images that would leave me heartsick. A snapshot from that newsletter read: “Happy 250th Birthday to the USA. May this great experiment called the United States of America continue to move us toward …