Tending to the Margins

Some folks have turned the Christmas miracle into romantic sentimentality about the sweet coming of a baby.  And while itContinue Reading

“Sadly, Christianity has never had anything nice to say about darkness. From earliest times, Christians have used ‘darkness’ as aContinue Reading

The virgin will become pregnant. That’s the beautiful part of the spiritual journey that we’re honoring this week in ALLContinue Reading

John 3:16—-does this conjure up images of cardboard signs at football games? How many of you have maybe even memorizedContinue Reading

This version of a classic prayer knocks my socks off and knits me a new pair to wear in theContinue Reading

For me, Ramadan has slowly morphed into a sustainable relationship with eating for the first time in my life. IContinue Reading

There are times when I’ve regretted opening my mouth. I hope this isn’t one of them. This past Sunday inContinue Reading

I wish I had been fasting when the s***storm of emotion hit me last weekend. (I’ve taken the past fewContinue Reading

Yesterday I stood in front of the open frig for a moment, then the cupboard of sweets, the freezer, theContinue Reading

It’s 6:45am, long after sunrise, and I just ate a buttered piece of white toast. To be perfectly clear, IContinue Reading