This post, one in a series about my time in El Paso (check out the other posts here and here), offers ways that you can respond to the immigration crisis, regardless of where you live. These responses engage your head, your heart and your hands. “We are treating a humanitarian crisis with a military response.” […]
How the Spiritual Imagination Moves Us Towards Hope
There’s a lot of goodness in learning how to be present, how to sink deeply into this moment, how to let go of the regrets of the past and the anxieties of the future and live for this day. But I’m struck by the way a Judeo-Christian understanding of time differs from the injunction to […]
Good Samaritan – Welcome the Stranger
The United States’ immigration crisis is on the forefront of my mind after a recent visit to El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico. In this post (the first of a series) I want to share about the trip, who I met, what I saw, and how I think about this as an American Christian, and […]
Back to School for the Becker Family – Fall 2019
We celebrated going back to school last week with a dinner out at our local tavern. I used to ask the kids pretty regularly how they’ve grown in their bodies, minds and spirits, and that soon became an occasion for lots of eye rolling and audible moans. But they seemed somewhat willing to indulge me […]
Inclusive Blessing – How to Express Gratitude and Lament
How do we acknowledge, confess, and lament the sorrows and crimes of our heritage while also honoring and expressing our gratitude our forebears? I heard Darlene Kascak, of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation, welcome a crowd of people to a ceremony, and I was struck by the truth and love in her words, so I wanted […]
Summer Rewind: How Christians Should Talk About Sex
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 commodity to be bought and sold has only continued. It is as easy today as it was for me five years ago to put on […]
