Christmas Eve Primer
Some folks have turned the Christmas miracle into romantic sentimentality about the sweet coming of a baby. And while itContinue Reading
Author: Tending to the Margins
Lover of all things that relate to theology and therapy! As a worship leader and clinical social worker, I learn best in the intersections of steady curiosity and humility.
Advent 3: The Rap on Darkness
“Sadly, Christianity has never had anything nice to say about darkness. From earliest times, Christians have used ‘darkness’ as aContinue Reading
Advent Annunciation
The virgin will become pregnant. That’s the beautiful part of the spiritual journey that we’re honoring this week in ALLContinue Reading
Heaven-and-Hell Christianity
John 3:16—-does this conjure up images of cardboard signs at football games? How many of you have maybe even memorizedContinue Reading
Unspeakable Beauty
This version of a classic prayer knocks my socks off and knits me a new pair to wear in theContinue Reading
Things I’ve learned from Ramadan
For me, Ramadan has slowly morphed into a sustainable relationship with eating for the first time in my life. IContinue Reading
A Letter to my Muslim friends about the Trinity
There are times when I’ve regretted opening my mouth. I hope this isn’t one of them. This past Sunday inContinue Reading
Back to the Fast
I wish I had been fasting when the s***storm of emotion hit me last weekend. (I’ve taken the past fewContinue Reading
“God wants for you ease…” Qur’an 2:185
Yesterday I stood in front of the open frig for a moment, then the cupboard of sweets, the freezer, theContinue Reading
Ramadan Rest
It’s 6:45am, long after sunrise, and I just ate a buttered piece of white toast. To be perfectly clear, IContinue Reading
