• How to Pray

    How to Pray

    When we gather together, placing ashes on our foreheads to remember our mortality, we join a very public and common witness.

  • Observance—the invitation to a holy Lent

    Observance—the invitation to a holy Lent

    The season of Lent is famous for its patterns of giving things up. But the purpose of observing Lent is about opening our minds and hearts.

  • Between the Last Sunday of Epiphany and Lent 1 (Year B)

    Between the Last Sunday of Epiphany and Lent 1 (Year B)

    As we prepare to enter into the season of Lent, our ongoing story changes its context—and so do we. Here’s what to keep in mind.

  • Following through confusion

    Following through confusion

    Sometimes what we see in the world isn’t real. Or more precisely, real in the way we imagine it. Because we aren’t actually listening.

  • The Benefit of Confusion

    The Benefit of Confusion

    It is easy to recognize why confusion is a problem. What we often fail to recognize is its benefit. And precisely WHO benefits from it.

  • On Time

    On Time

    Episode 66 of the Make Saints podcast

  • When we don’t want to listen to Jesus

    When we don’t want to listen to Jesus

    What they will deduce from the story is that Jesus’s appearance changed. And then the second sentence is: And that’s it.

  • The Fear Blocks Them

    The Fear Blocks Them

    What these three disciples witness on the mountaintop is beyond most of our comprehension. And we, too, focus on the wrong things.