Helping people discover the sacred in ordinary life.
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Whether you have come seeking hope, wrestling with grief, exploring faith, or simply looking for a quiet place to pause, my hope is that these reflections help you discover God’s presence in the ordinary moments of everyday life.
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Living the Faith
Explore sermons, reflections, and essays that invite you to discover Christ in ordinary life through Scripture, sacrament, and the Christian tradition.
The Sacred Art of Grief
Find hope, healing, and faithful companionship through reflections on grief, hospice ministry, and the sacred work of loving those we have lost.
Wisdom from the Past
Discover how voices from the Christian tradition—from the early Church to New England theology—can illuminate faithful living today.
Latest Reflections
Recent essays on faith, grief, history, and discovering the sacred in ordinary life.
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What Does Pete Hegseth Believe?
Pete Hegseth has made his Christian faith an increasingly visible part of his leadership at the Pentagon. But what does the Secretary of Defense actually believe? His own words, writings, church affiliation, and public actions reveal a theology of faith, liberty, and political power worth understanding.
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Wisdom for the Way
I have been doing this a really long time so it is no surprise that I have preached on this passage a few times. And either because I am remarkably consistent or because I have run out of sermon titles, I called that sermon Wisdom for the Way. I went back and read that sermon…
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When Is the President Not the President?
Emmanuel Macron skipped Pope Leo XIV’s enormous Mass in Paris, then changed his schedule to attend Mass in Metz. The explanation reveals how much more complicated French laïcité is than “separation of church and state.”