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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Justice Must Never Become a Spectacle
But my immediate concern is not to revisit the entire debate over capital punishment. I recognize that many people, including people of sincere faith, disagree with my position. My concern is the proposal to livestream an execution, transforming the deliberate taking of a human life into something the public is invited to watch.
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Liberty, Love, and Responsibility in the Age of AI
Artificial intelligence is expanding what we can do faster than we can agree on what we should do. But before we build the guardrails, we need to ask what they are protecting. The answer begins not with technology, but with human dignity, responsibility, and love.
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What We Carry With Us
I have been collecting stones for more than thirty years. Some came from beaches or roadsides. Others came home in my pocket after visits to the graves of ancestors. They are not particularly beautiful or unusual. If you came across one without knowing its story, you probably wouldn’t give it a second look. Once, I…