Month: February 2025

I think I’ve told you that Amy’s and my sons, Walker and Arthur, both have attended a Jewish preschool, in Baltimore and in Kensington, because in those places we felt confident that there they were safe, nurtured, and challenged to become who they are meant to be. Oftentimes, I found that I would worry for…

Gathering with you in this place is something I look forward to each week. The freedom and opportunity to sit with people in every moment of their uncertainty or grief, their tragedy and trauma, is central to my spirituality, because it helps me to understand God’s healing power, and our need for it. The challenge…

Youth are a gift. We mark their arrival with balloons and cakes, candles and presents. In Jesus’ day, it was prescribed in the Law of the people of God for parents to present a newborn boy in the Temple, and to be purified, and to celebrate, and to offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving. Those who…

In the Gospel, Jesus proclaims a powerful new message, that tells of the kingdom of God, and his teaching draws attention from the crowd. It draws resistance from those unready to hear it, from people who want nothing to do with God and who are on the lookout for ways to poison those around them…