• The value and depth of how we look

    The value and depth of how we look

    How we look communicates something to other people. Only part of which is something under our control.

  • Between Proper 12 + 13 (Year A)

    Between Proper 12 + 13 (Year A)

    In the gap in the lectionary, we skip over two essential stories which set up how we understand power moving forward.

  • Seeking something new

    Seeking something new

    The invitation to change—to be changed or to change the world around us—is both necessary and something we avoid.

  • The social media

    The social media

    The concept of social media involves a paradoxical plan to bring both universal and niche together in one place on purpose.

  • The truth about polarization we don’t want to hear

    The truth about polarization we don’t want to hear

    We talk about polarization like its something that happens to us. Rather than the byproduct of what we’re actually doing.

  • The Kingdom of Heaven is like…

    The Kingdom of Heaven is like…

    a mustard seed, yeast, treasure, a pearl. Something valuable. But what IS it? That things can actually be better than this.

  • Gathering Desires

    Gathering Desires

    Abundance and accumulation—when we deal with the desires to have something (even the Kingdom), the limit remains us.

  • Desire — my dreams or our dreams

    Desire — my dreams or our dreams

    When we talk about pursuing our dreams, what are we saying about everyone else in the world? About our common pursuits?