AJB Recommends: Healing From a Year of Covid-19
I've read several resources lately about healing from a year of Covid-19. Did you see that New York Times article about languishing? Multiple friends sent it to me, and I’ve…
I've read several resources lately about healing from a year of Covid-19. Did you see that New York Times article about languishing? Multiple friends sent it to me, and I’ve…
Believe it or not, laughing with friends and talking about body odor and armpit hair was healing for me this past week. I was healing from Covid-19 in community. I…
Here in western Connecticut, we walk outside and still encounter persistent, crackly, frozen-into-ice snow on the ground. A park ranger informed me on Sunday that the ice on the lake…
What if love is like a vaccine against fear? Many of us approach this Inauguration Day with hope. Hope that we will turn a corner on this pandemic. Hope for…
Like so many of us, I’ve been trying to process the events of last Wednesday, January 6th, when supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol. I’ve been grateful for the…
It is time for a third political party in the United States. I join many Americans when I say I am more moderate in my political views than either of…
Imagine being a leader of a school or a church or a community with a staff that included a white man wearing a MAGA hat and a Black woman wearing…
On election day, I felt as if a band of pain had stretched itself above my eyes and across my forehead. It wouldn’t go away. I drank water. Ate potato…
This is a season of constraints. Remote learning at home. Social distancing. Celebrating holidays during a pandemic. Navigating a contentious election. This week, our kids were home for three days…
The presidential election does not change the church’s assignment. David Bailey, the executive director of Arrabon, talks with Amy Julia about the practices of reconciling communities, the divisions that result…