“There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” –Leonard Cohen, selected poems, 1956-1968 In three years, I’ve lost my Mom, transitioned to my full-time faculty dream job at Wake Tech, and published three books. Then 2020 hit. Like all of us, I’m …
I recently spoke with Emily McFarlen Miller, Religion News Service reporter about sabbath. It had been a hectic Friday. By the time she and I chatted late afternoon, I’d already taught a 6:00 a.m. YMCA Barre class, two college courses, attended meetings, and prepped to lead a …
This week, Pastor Brent Levy, of The Local Church and I recorded a short loving-kindness meditation break for Advent. Listen here. From The Local Church: Advent means “coming” or “arrival,” and it’s a season in which we not only wait for the hope of Christmas and the coming …
Las Posadas: Where Can Hope Find Lodging? A Sermon for Binkley Baptist Church, the First Sunday of Advent—Hope Texts: Jeremiah 33: 14-16 and Luke 21: 25-36 I’m a sucker for good nativity story. Give me a children’s re-enactment of Luke Chapter 2, with its first-grade …
I continue to be grateful for the ways in which readers are using For Sabbath’s Sake as a return to and re-envisioning of modern sabbath-keeping. In her recent piece for Mennonite World Review, my friend and Christian Century editor, Celeste Kennel-Shank, describes what we—and the church—must embrace …
This article preview comes from a piece I wrote for the October editor of devozine. Click here to read the full piece. When autumn sets in I am confronted with a new reality. Gone are the long days of summer with their permission for sun lounging …