Author: Tending to the Margins

All of us are ministers because we all carry the unique signature of God’s presence within us. Re-conceiving our livesContinue Reading

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted on the blog, but when I read this from my inbox this morning, IContinue Reading

Last night I was laying in bed winding down from the day, with my eyes half-focused on whatever John happenedContinue Reading

This is my dinner as a Syrian refugee in Jordan for Day 5: (see picture above for what I willContinue Reading

In the Nazi concentration camps, prisoners who survived have sometimes credited their strength over time to how thoroughly they chewedContinue Reading

When I decided to open the can of slightly expired dark red kidney beans last night to add about 20Continue Reading

It’s not the hunger that’s so bad. It’s not being able to do anything ABOUT the hunger that is moreContinue Reading

I’m really scared. I just opened my box of food for the week as I begin to prepare for theContinue Reading

I gasped when my husband told me the news. It felt almost as surreal as 9/11. “Please tell me itContinue Reading

John Lewis, the civil rights leader and congressman from Georgia, says that when he spent time with MLK Jr., heContinue Reading