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April 2022

April 04, 2022
I stood at the art gallery, trying to understand what I was looking at. All...

March 2022

March 31, 2022
When I was younger, I had several teachers who served as mentors for me -...
March 28, 2022
A few years ago, I had the great fortune to meet and be guided in...
March 24, 2022
As we enter the fourth week of the Lenten season, I’m being consistently reminded that...
March 21, 2022
A few months ago, I had the immense privilege to write a small piece for...
March 17, 2022
In this post, I am continuing to think about what “healthy religion” might feel like...
March 14, 2022
A few weeks ago, Keith Kristich published a post on Instagram that defined healthy religion...
March 10, 2022
Over the past few years of leading workshops, I’ve been asked again and again why...
March 07, 2022
(UPDATE NOVEMBER 1, 2022: My book, Unmasking the Inner Critic: Lessons for Living an Unconstricted...
March 03, 2022
As John Shelby Spong helped me dismantle much of my belief system in the early...
March 02, 2022
  Creative Force, Help me to desire to know what you desire for me to...

February 2022

February 28, 2022
This is part three of my short series on Teresa of Ávila. You can read...
February 24, 2022
This is part two of my short series on Teresa of Ávila. You can read...
February 21, 2022
As we got Patmos up and running, I began to read the words of Christian...
February 17, 2022
My brother and I stared through the front window of our house as we contemplated...
February 16, 2022
When I “left the Church,” I’ll admit I didn’t get far. I spent a few...
February 14, 2022
Growing up, social justice was always front and center in my faith community. When I...
February 10, 2022
When I was young, my parents told me the Tooth Fairy was real. It led...
February 09, 2022
  My favorite part of liturgy has always been communion. When I was young, this...
February 07, 2022
During February, I’ll be exploring my own story with Progressive Christianity, with religion, and with...
February 03, 2022
  My earliest memories of church begin when my family and I moved to Spokane,...

January 2022

January 31, 2022
(UPDATE NOVEMBER 1, 2022: My book, Unmasking the Inner Critic: Lessons for Living an Unconstricted...
January 27, 2022
  As a high school teacher, I have the immense responsibility and privilege to mentor...
January 24, 2022
Many years ago I was on a retreat with a group of men here in...
January 20, 2022
Every once in a while, I stumble upon an organization or collective that opens me...
January 18, 2022
At the beginning of 2020, I had the immense honor of speaking at the UMC...
January 13, 2022
A few weeks ago, I began to explore my evolving sense that an embodied spirituality...
January 12, 2022
  I recently wrote about spheres of influence here. It will give more context for...
January 10, 2022
This is part one of a three-part series. You can find part two here and...
January 06, 2022
In 2014, I joined a political campaign as a volunteer and committed to spending my...
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