Understanding The US Immigration Crisis: 14 Recommended Resources
I feel very disconnected from the immigration crisis at the US southern border. I live in Connecticut, far away from detention centers and checkpoints. So when I was invited to…
I feel very disconnected from the immigration crisis at the US southern border. I live in Connecticut, far away from detention centers and checkpoints. So when I was invited to…
In my previous post, I discussed what privilege is not. In this post I will define what privilege is. What exactly do we mean when we use the word “privilege”?…
As important as it is to understand what privilege is, it is also important to clarify what privilege is not. Privilege is not an accusation that you have done something…
Last year the Atlantic reported on the fact that people are having less sex across all demographic sectors in America. Meanwhile, the sexualization of everything and seeing sex as a…
It still surprises me to note that I am training for a half marathon. Last year, I ran one for the first time and it was my first experience of…
This weekend was the opening of the movie The Peanut Butter Falcon. As parents of a child with Down syndrome, my husband Peter and I were curious and excited to…
I got to participate in the The Porter's Gate Worship Project in Nashville back in January, where a diverse group of singer/songwriters joined together to write worship songs based on…
Summertime is the hardest time for us to convince our kids, and ourselves, to go to church on Sunday mornings. They want to go to the beach. They want to…
I stumbled across a new podcast today called Encountering Silence and started with an interview with Richard Rohr on the topic of silence. I’ve been reading and practicing a lot…
You may be familiar with the words of 1 Corinthians 13: “Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast. It is not rude…” I…