Advent

  • Waiting in the Dark

    When I was a teacher, some of my favorite stories to read to a group of five-year-old’s were stories that flipped common narratives on their head. Stories which could be told backward and forward, but when you added a different… Continue reading

    Waiting in the Dark
  • The Task of Advent

    Long before I became an Episcopalian or had thoughts of being a priest who might be tasked with preaching, I was a preschool teacher. And while there are many surprising things that overlap between being in ministry and the daily… Continue reading

    The Task of Advent
  • My Advent Prayer

    I count it one of my life’s great gifts that I went to the same small, liberal arts college as my younger brother. For most of our lives up until our college years, I was painfully quiet and shy, and… Continue reading

    My Advent Prayer
  • Sacred Bonds

    I am curious about practically everything I have ever learned. I love to know about the mundane pieces of our lives; it does not take much to amaze me when it comes to the intricacies of how anything in this… Continue reading

    Sacred Bonds
  • Changed by the Wilderness

           The day started early, with simple and delicious buttered bread and a bowl of coffee, which, I learned that morning, was how the folks in the Basque area of France drink coffee, literally in a bowl. Over breakfast, I… Continue reading

    Changed by the Wilderness