The Search for the Kingdom of God…A Work in Progress
I have the discombobulating experience of having been raised in 4 different countries on 3 different continents in both “1st” and “3rd” world countries. Though baptized in the Roman Catholic Church in...
View ArticleOn the Size of Holy Imaginations
Though journeying together is rich and powerful in its ability to sustain us in faith, belief and hope. there is something to be said about discerning whom we invite to walk alongside us. In this...
View ArticleOn Crazy Love
The last movie I saw in 2012 was the film adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. I didn’t plan it that way, for it to be the last movie of the year but it turned out to be fitting. It is a story...
View ArticleOn Men Who Follow Directions
I have always loved the Epiphany story of the Three Wise Men found in the 2nd chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. And not just because it’s about men who follow directions and end up realizing that it...
View ArticleOn Being a Silly Naive Christian
Last week I wrote a piece for The Washington Post about having faith enough to believe that God can act against logic and what seems possible. (I unfortunately did not get to choose the final title of...
View ArticleOn Mouthing Off in Faith
I wonder how many of us believe in the power of our words, that what we speak aloud can have a profound effect on what occurs in our lives. I have heard variations of that all my life. My mom used to...
View ArticleOn Jesus Sightings Beyond the Jello
The morning of Easter Sunday I read Luke 24, the chapter that tells what happened on Resurrection Sunday. I’ve been sitting with the text for a couple of days and I can’t help wondering if we should...
View ArticleOn Being “Punk’d” by God
It’s hard to describe to someone else what it feels like to get “punk’d” by God. Well, God doesn’t actually punk people I am well aware. But truly, once in a while it can definitely feel that way....
View ArticleYes, I Have a New Book!
It’s time to Talk Taboo! I can not emphasize enough how excited I am about my new book coming out in October 2013, Taking Taboo: American Christian Women Get Frank About Faith. It’s been a long time...
View ArticleOn Reading God Between the Lines
In a series called By Heart, The Atlantic features authors’ reflections on their favorite passages of literature. Iranian-born Dina Nayeri,who wrote the recently released A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea,...
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