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Why we don’t really want an accurate count of homelessness.
When I was a teenager, I was part of Youth Volunteer Corps; a non-profit geared toward teaching youth about community service. For me, it was visionary, collaborative, and remarkably effective. And it always struggled to get funding. As part of a national organization with a common mission to both revitalize communities and build up young…
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Do Not Hide
Never hide. Because it’s time. Now is the season. The season when we celebrate the light shining in the darkness. The season when the anointed has been revealed and is made manifest in us. Each of us a light already shining. Even though it’s dark. It seems so dark. Many of us remember that small…
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My 3 Words for 2017
Three words will govern my year. Simple, powerful. Just 3. This is how you and I can make 2017 our year. It’s how we’ll accomplish a ton in a short amount of time. By picking three words. Choose 3 Words to Power Your Year. We pick 3 words for the year. Like a mantra. A…
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I’m having a good Christmas!
I walk into Starbucks. Set my bag on a chair and remove the lid from my refillable cup and set it on a tall table to save my spot. Then get in line. There, I fumble with my phone to bring up my membership app. I want to be ready to pay for my iced…
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The Thing About Christmas
The thing about Christmas is we can’t force joy. No matter how much eggnog and spiced lattes we drink, cookies we decorate, presents we receive. Joy isn’t forced upon us. We don’t wake up with Christmas Spirit because the calendar pages turn. Joy just happens. This is what separates joy from happiness. As The Oatmeal…
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Dealing With Truth
Postmodernism and the era of willful deception. I’m not the only one worried about a “post-truth” or “post-fact” era. Many think pieces have tried to tackle the danger of making normal the lies and distortions we’re seeing in the world. But few of them have dealt with why we’re here and what might be a…
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Don’t do nice. Do love.
Monday night, I gathered with many others in a prayer service on the eve of the election. We prayed for unity and hope and an end to division. This morning I pray we continue to pray. But to also guard against “cheap grace”. The one thing this campaign has made plain is that this was…
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When we’re so focused on ourselves, we forget to be people.
The other morning, as I took my kids to the bus stop, I saw a distillation of our present situation in these brief moments at the start of my day. A simple moment. One mistake. Then another. And a third. Our mornings are that strange mixture of rushing and waiting anyway. We were there with…