Touched by Grace: Called, Seen, and Made Whole
Grace always sees possibilities where others see failures. And perhaps that is something many of us need to hear.
Peter Preble
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Peter Preble
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Pride in the Image of God: Celebrating the Holy Diversity of Creation
Pride Month invites us to celebrate the sacred truth that every human being possesses inherent dignity. It reminds us that diversity is not something to tolerate. It is something to celebrate. Not because diversity itself saves us. Christ saves us. But because diversity reveals something beautiful about the God who created us.
Bread, Wine, and the Streets: Why the Sacramental Life Must Shape Our Protest
But if our protest is not rooted deeply in prayer and grounded in the sacramental life of the Church, it risks becoming just another form of noise in an already angry and fractured world.
Set the Church on Fire Again
Pentecost is not about perfect people becoming holy superheroes. It is about ordinary people becoming open to God’s transforming presence.
Held in the Fire, Kept in Grace
“Maybe the fire you’re walking through is not meant to destroy you, but to reveal how deeply grace can hold you.”
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 be rooted in honesty about our failures; otherwise, the event risks becoming a spectacle rather than a transformation.
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 think we know the whole story.
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 alive, present, and still calling us.