When Home Is Gone

I’m seeing something recently that is new to my vision, and that is the homeless. Yes, of course I mean…

To Wrestle with the Angel

Today I participated in a hands-on seminar led by James Whitfield, CEO of the Leadership Eastside organization. We went through…

Entertainment Matters

We usher at the local theatre about once a month for live productions. It’s our “date night,” and we generally…

To Study Portuguese

When I was younger (well, any day in the past is when I was younger, but stay with me here),…

Prayer to Persephone

Today’s post is just poetry, this time from the sublime Edna St. Vincent Millay: Prayer to Persephone by Edna St.…

I’m Just Here to Dance

I had an interesting question the other day: are Christians good? The subject came up because there is a defense…

Trying Every Doorknob

What do I do about the things that I see that I think aren’t right? What do I do about the situations where injustice occurs, where oppression is maintained, where there is no room for the human and the person and the needs to be understood, much less addressed? So much is a giant system that is rolling on unchecked, and all I have are these small tools and weak commitments that are easily broken by adamant obstacles…

In the Fields of the Lord

I guess I’m on a kick of listening to acoustic, and finding intriguing (for me) albums that have that just-right…

Waking Up White, Introduction

Debby Irving mentions her childhood in a privileged New England family. An interesting article was posted Thursday by the New…

#WakingUpWhite Chapter 4: Optimism

“By pretending the world was virtually problem-free, my family culture left me grossly underprepared to solve problems.” The 50s and…

Believe

Something I think about every so often is how we are sometimes two people. We are people who think we…