The Courage it Takes

The COVID-19 pandemic has pulled back so many layers of denial and illusion in our corporate and personal lives. In the forced slowing, in the unexpected losses, many of us have discovered new truths not just about the world, but about our deepest selves. In this time...

Little House Updates and Virtual Photo Tour

My husband and I made some renovations to the Little House this past winter. My goals were to make the building more functional, spacious, and welcoming for myself and those who meet and gather here. This past week I returned to meeting with Directees in-person and it...

Pastor

  How does shebecomewhat isnotallowed? How do giftsgrow;gifts she isnotallowedto have,much less,God forbid,use? Whereis the model,the mirror,for herbecoming? What energywill be wasted,what creativitysquandered,in the effortto proveher rightto be in...

What’s A Pastor to Do?

But what’s a pastor to do when [she’s] got no people to pastor?* I slipped an extra eggunder the broody henand marked the eggsalready gathered therewith a permanent marker’sred x. The hen settled down,welcoming new eggs and old.She puffed wide, her...

Enough (a poem)

Some days, I would sell my own soul for thirty pieces of silver, just to hear the coins, solid and real, clinking in my pocket. Some days, I too would sell my birthright for a steaming bowl of stew, because hunger is here and now. I would throw myself from the...
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