• Testifying to the Light

    Testifying to the Light

    John the Baptist wrestles with the expectations others have. He isn’t the one they are waiting for. But he is helping them to see.

  • 100 things that made my year (2023)

    100 things that made my year (2023)

    A collection of things that made this year cool, from vacations, things learned, to new things done. All wrapped up in one.

  • Why Our Brains Are Broken

    Why Our Brains Are Broken

    Episode 58 of the Make Saints podcast

  • More John the Baptist

    More John the Baptist

    While figuring out what more to say about John the Baptist in Advent, we may first want to address the elephant in the living room.

  • More Light—for Advent 3B

    More Light—for Advent 3B

    As we hear again from John the Baptist, we’re invited to explore his purpose (and ours) in light of the one who is to come again.

  • Light in darkening times

    Light in darkening times

    During these darkening days, let us remember ancient practices which saw times of rising darkness as time to act to return the light.

  • Between Advent 2 and 3 (Year B)

    Between Advent 2 and 3 (Year B)

    In Advent 3B, our attention stays on John the Baptist, but moves to the gospel of John. Here’s a bit of the context for us.

  • We get to start somewhere

    We get to start somewhere

    This week, we read about the beginning of the good news. Mark’s gospel is a story without an ending. It only ever begins.