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Paul has just told the elders in Ephesus that he is “captive to the spirit” and has no idea what will happen to him once he arrives in Jerusalem. Further, Paul said that he does not value his own life: He only wants to testify to the good news of God in Christ. I...
In college, I heard about people joining Christian accountability groups. I later found out that some of these groups were really friends self-reporting their sinful behaviors—swearing, drinking, sex and lustful thoughts—but without an accountability or expectation of...
A member of my family of choice recently changed his last name to St. Michael—he shares his birthday with the feast day of Saint Michael and All Angels. As we remember Saint Michael, a being that moved to and from this life and the great beyond, it is fitting to...
I have lived in an intentional community for the last four years. Together, we are covenanted and committed to sharing our life rhythms and acting within shared values and common work. The five of us are, like the early church, attempting to work out lives as...
A few years ago, I spent a week in the Taizé ecumenical monastic community in France. Brother Roger, an incredible peacemaker, started the community in 1940, and thousands of people visit each year, seeking spiritual solace. The worship style of Taizé features a...
I often wonder how much has changed since the time of the psalmist. We are still asking the same questions of God and our neighbor. In the psalms of lament, the poetry nearly always turns toward faith in God, trust in God’s goodness, and a call for spiritual...
God chooses to come into the world through a body and into a body. Mary grows and eventually groans another human body into the world. Today, we see the Holy Spirit coming to earth in physical form. Jesus’ ministry is so deeply tactile—he is touching and eating...
I live in an intentional community in a house on eight acres of land. There are five humans in our house. We pray, eat, and do social justice work together alongside fifteen chickens, a beehive, and the inhabitants of the surrounding forest. We have a vegetable...
Once upon a time, I lived in an Episcopal Service Corps volunteer community. This was a high-commitment, high-emotional-stakes endeavor. We purposely entered into tender conversations and tried to work through immense differences in an effort to build a caring...
What an honor to receive such a critique: to be turning the powers upside down, to be following Jesus and not the empire! Historically, this was the day when the fool was a king and the king a fool, when masked tricksters roved the streets and criticized the...
