Beneath the snow, life is bursting, preparing for the next season.

Loss binds us together undeniably.

I offer my "Ouch" with hope and trust.

Can we find space for lifting our heads in wonder—that we’re still striving, still trying together

May we open our hearts to the abundance of creation.

Pleasure is one of the ways we know when we are free.

Worship is relational and even transformational, but it's not informational.

Once, during my ministerial internship, a woman I’ll call Clara came up to me during the hustle and bustle before the Sunday service. I knew that Clara struggled with anxiety; now, in great distress, she told me how anxious she was and that she didn’t know what to do. She was frantic, and I...

People of faith are experts in human kindness.

People find hope in the faith that they're held by something larger than themselves.

Mental illness is a spiritual problem as well as a psychiatric one.

Mental illnesses are sometimes called “no-casserole diseases.” People don’t bring casseroles to homes where someone is hospitalized for mental problems.

We are all called to serve, to grow, and to love as we continue this journey of transformation.

May you feel the freedom to stretch fully into your most true self.

I never heard the word abortion in church when I was a child.

We must choose each other again and again, though conflict and through plenty.

We are learning to regroup and remember perfection was never the point.

We have to keep finding ways to widen the circle of care and concern.

We gather here, around this flame; seeking, believing, and being, together.

We have a holy obligation to bring about paradise on this earth; each generation helps us do that.