Consolation, Desolation, and Stumbling into the Light

The aftermath of loss isn't what I expected. [Click title to read more.]

The Weeping Sower

The weeping sower is a marvelous emblem of hope and grief in the Christian life. [Click title to read more.]

In the aftermath of a loss, love becomes clearer. [Click title to read more.]

Being present to those suffering matters - even and especially when it's difficult to do. [Click title to read more.]

A local high school football game provoked nostalgia - and some thoughts on its purpose. [Click title to read more.]

Where else can I go? Nowhere but here, especially in darker days. [Click title to read more.]

Don't lose the strangeness and the wonder of what it means to really believe the fundamental tenets of the faith, [Click title to read more.]

Love costs us something. But the answer is never to pull back. [Click title to read more.]

You don't know what's coming--for good or for ill. And that's sort of the point. [Click title to read more.]

We have to welcome the starlings, too. [Click title to read more.]