• More than a Show

    More than a Show

    Pentecost is a spectacle of power and grace. Our response to it can be shallow; which means we miss its true revolutionary message.

  • The whole is greater than the sum

    The whole is greater than the sum

    The challenge for postmodern society is hiding in plane sight. We have forgotten that we are better together—and that we even exists.

  • Magical Thinking

    Magical Thinking

    Episode 78 of the Make Saints podcast

  • The Rich Feast of Pentecost

    The Rich Feast of Pentecost

    Pentecost gives us plenty to talk about each year. We must start with what it is we need to focus on—and some of what we don’t.

  • Change as new witness—for Pentecost

    Change as new witness—for Pentecost

    In Pentecost, we have the opportunity to reflect on our own witness, and what role that practice has in our own life of faith.

  • Witness is a participatory word

    Witness is a participatory word

    The word has its detractors. A lot of us have bad associations with it—in church or the courtroom. But it has a purpose worth noticing.

  • Between Easter 7 and Pentecost (Year B)

    Between Easter 7 and Pentecost (Year B)

    The other Pentecost reading, from the gospel of John, puts us once again into the place of examining the need to live differently.

  • Live Differently

    Live Differently

    Jesus asks his followers to live differently: from what they know, from their families, and from the world around them.