• The Ongoing Divine Mystery—for Trinity Sunday

    The Ongoing Divine Mystery—for Trinity Sunday

    The challenge of speaking of the Trinity is that it is a mystery, a kind of paradox, that we think we must solve rather than love.

  • Trinity—the Three Personas of God

    Trinity—the Three Personas of God

    Much of how we seek to understand the Trinity involves defining the terms as if separation is essential to creation. It isn’t.

  • Between Pentecost + Trinity (Year B)

    Between Pentecost + Trinity (Year B)

    We might not focus on the gospel passage this Sunday, but if we do, we should probably check the background—it is spicy!

  • 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.