• Writing about communication

    Writing about communication

    The challenge of communicating with others is that we all have our own expectations. And we act like they’re the same.

  • Why They Never Listen

    Why They Never Listen

    Episode 40 of the Make Saints podcast

  • Healing of the Ten (Proper 23C)

    Healing of the Ten (Proper 23C)

    In this evocative story from the midst of the borderlands, Jesus places himself as a border-crosser and boundary-breaker.

  • In the Borderlands

    In the Borderlands

    The borderlands are as much a character in the story this week as any of the people. What we make of that is essential.

  • Mistakes — when there is no “wrong thing”

    Mistakes — when there is no “wrong thing”

    We can be so eager to punish mistakes — ours and the ones others make. But that doesn’t seem to be what Jesus is doing.

  • Nobody actually tries to fight fire with fire

    Nobody actually tries to fight fire with fire

    It’s a dumb saying. It wasn’t always so. But if we better understood what it is trying to tell us, we’d all benefit.

  • Shifting Perspective

    Shifting Perspective

    Jesus invites his disciples to look beyond the power, the expectations, and the culture to see what God is doing.

  • I missed a day

    I missed a day

    Writing everyday is a discipline. Missing a day is less a failure than an opportunity to practice commitment.