• Baptism and our common story

    Baptism and our common story

    The Baptism of Jesus invites us to remember his place among us, with us, rather than the throne upon which we seek to seat him.

  • Letting go of the old world

    Letting go of the old world

    In the baptism of Jesus, we are invited into old debates about the nature of Jesus and baptism, but a bigger debate is right there.

  • United in baptism—for Epiphany 1C

    United in baptism—for Epiphany 1C

    The Baptism of Our Lord connects us to Jesus and Jesus to the divine—a story, not just of theological importance, but of purpose.

  • Baptism as new direction

    Baptism as new direction

    The place of baptism for Christians is not so supposed to be seen as an entrance to a club, but an invitation to a way of being.

  • Between Christmas and Epiphany (Year C)

    Between Christmas and Epiphany (Year C)

    As the lectionary brings us to the season after the epiphany, we find ourselves jumping from story to story—but there’s a theme.

  • My 3 Words for 2025

    My 3 Words for 2025

    These are the three words I use to guide the year. It’s a practice I’ve been up to since 2016 and find it helps me focus.

  • Stay with this

    Stay with this

    The prologue of John offers us a totally different, radical, empowering vision of what God is doing to transform the world.

  • The Christmas Stories and the true spirit of the season

    The Christmas Stories and the true spirit of the season

    In the stories of the birth of Jesus, we don’t just find facts about him worth knowing, but a way of being in the world today.