A Time for Ashes, Not Applause: Reclaiming the Meaning of National Repentance
To recast this day as a “jubilee” fundamentally misses the order of things. Biblically, a jubilee comes after true repentance and restoration. Celebration must ...
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Blessed Among Us: Honoring the Sacred Strength of Women
Throughout Scripture, whenever God is preparing to change the world, very often a woman is already there.
When the Garden and the Sky Align: The Spirituality of the Flower Moon and the Promise of the Blue Moon
To live spiritually attentive in this season is to hold both truths together. Honor what blossoms without clinging. Stay open to what may come, even when we thi...
Faith Beyond the Stage: A Call Away from Performative Religion
At its core, performative religion undermines faith’s true purpose, to transform.
Recognizing the Voice That Leads to Life
If, as I believe, God is still speaking, then the voice of the Good Shepherd is not confined to the past. It is not locked in ancient text or memory. It is aliv...
The ‘Third Testament’ and the Prophetic Witness of Bishop Flunder: God Is Still Speaking
To understand what Bishop Flunder was pointing toward, we must begin with a truth the Church has long professed, even if we have not always lived it fully: God ...
He Was Made Known to Them in the Breaking of the Bread
We are, in many ways, a people on the road, trying to make sense of a world that feels uncertain, often fractured, sometimes frightening. We hear voices that tr...
Between the Sword and the Cross: A Reflection on Just War in an Age of Political Fury
As a Church leader, I must be clear. When political leaders speak of annihilation, claim divine sanction for violence, or dismiss the Church’s moral voice, they...
Let Us Also Go: The Courage to Believe
Jesus does not shame or rebuke Thomas. Instead, he honors the depth of Thomas’s longing and meets him in it.
Becoming Resurrection People in a Broken World
Easter speaks with a quiet, defiant hope. A hope that says: this is not the end of the story.