The Most Important Thing
Today's episode is about a little gem of a poem a friend recently shared with me - "The Most Important Thing," by Julia Fehrenbacher. It's a gentle, winsome invitation to create a home within ourselve...
8 Mar 20239min
Seasons
Today's episode is about seasons. Not so much the weather kind, but the personal and communal seasons of our lives. I share four pieces of wisdom I've learned over the years: (1) we don't control wh...
6 Mar 202311min
Hope: A User's Manual
Today's episode is about a recent book by MaryAnn McKibben Dana, "Hope: A User's Manual." I found it to be so resonant that we picked as our theme for the season of Lent at the church I serve. It's a ...
3 Mar 20239min
Chasing After Meaning
Today's episode is about the book of Ecclesiastes, one of my favorite books of the Bible for its candor, subversiveness and wisdom. This is the fourth installment in our "Forgotten Books of the Bible"...
1 Mar 202310min
On Friendship
Today's episode is about friendship, a spiritual practice that we sometimes neglect to our detriment. Friendship makes us human. It involves giving and receiving, mutual trust, and is crucial to our w...
27 Feb 202310min
Teach Us to Care and Not to Care
Today's episode is about Ash Wednesday, the official beginning to the season of Lent in the Christian liturgical calendar. This is a day that reminds us of the beauty and preciousness of life and its ...
22 Feb 20237min
Beginner's Mind
Today's episode is about the spiritual practice of "beginner's mind." This simple practice is about dropping our expectations or preconceived notions about someone, something or someplace, so that we ...
17 Feb 20239min
Room for Lament
Today’s episode is about finding room for lament and constructive anger through the lens of the ancient book of Lamentations, a part of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It's the third installment in ou...
15 Feb 202311min
