WILLY-NILLY
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” — E.M. Forster The term “willy-nilly” means things happening in a disorderly or disorganized way, without…
TINY GRASS IS DREAMING
A lawn sign appeared a few years ago, becoming a popular meme across the internet: Chinese characters with the quaint English transcription — “Do Not Disturb: Tiny Grass is Dreaming.” I don’t know if the translation is really accurate. I read…
THE FOGGIEST IDEA
For a few years, now, I’ve been seeing more and more references to the Dunning-Kruger Effect, usually in articles about how we relate to facts and information in this political climate, in our age of media overload. Though I had…
HOSTS WITH THE MOST
I’m in rehearsals again, for a beautiful musical called Come From Away. It’s a story of kindness, generosity, and radical hospitality, based on real events. On September 11, 2001, after hijackers crashed planes into the World Trade Center and the…
MAKE LIGHT WORK
Last Sunday night, Travis and I went to a concert at The Mothership, a fantastic outdoor venue on the Hondo Mesa, on the way to the Gorge Bridge. We were in Taos for a long weekend with no plans beyond…
RAISE A GLASS
It’s wise to be aware of how we’re looking the world. The “glass” through which we view it. We’re always gazing in and out through windows — sometimes through beautiful stained glass, other times through fingerprint smears and grime. Many…
WON FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE
“Whatever you are meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.” - Doris Lessing I don’t think I’d ever heard of Doris Lessing before this week. A Nobel Prize winning novelist. I know I’ve never read her…
SWEAR TO GOD
In my decade-and-a-half of ministry, I’ve been called-out a number of times for being vulgar. People tell me that coarse language and naughty humor are inappropriate in sacred space. I’ve heard it from strangers and from close friends, including those…
MOTHER NATURE
I spent a lot of time this week scouring collections of poetry and pouring through my usual go-to books for Sunday morning readings. I searched online for hours, googling: “Mother’s Day poems… SHORT Mother’s Day poems… Mother’s Day poems that…
C IS FOR CATS
At the beginning of the month, we had a really wonderful trip to see my family in the northeast. The entire week, every part of the journey, exceeded all expectations for both relaxation and enjoyment. And I returned home feeling…