Month: March 2025

A son, barely older than a child, asks his father to break up his family’s property, to part with the memories and the sweat equity built into the land, to sell it, and then to give him his fair share: one-third of the proceeds, which he takes. And then, he summarily leaves, for another country,…

Today, we’re gathered for another service, one week since we last met together. It might not feel like this to you, but to me, it feels like a lot has happened over the course of the week: Social unrest, protests and vandalism at Tesla showrooms around the country, intimidation and censoring of universities,[i] the removal…

What do you cling to for peace of mind? Familiarity? Family (given and chosen)? Social connections? Do you find security in the customs and traditions observed by the people around you? Are you reassured when the language spoken is one you recognize because it is your first language as well? Do you feel confident because…

Earlier this week, faithful all around the world gathered together to share in communion and to put on ashes at the start of Lent. Ash Wednesday is a unique observance in the course of the church year. We get ready to go to church, just like any Sunday, but when we leave, we display our…

There was an early morning a decade ago now when my spouse and I packed our backpacks and stepped out onto the street before the sun rose. We walked to a bus depot and joined dozens of other travelers already waiting, and I gazed at the faint outlines of the mountains against the black, starless…