It is early Sunday morning and light is just beginning to seep above the horizon line. The garden is cool with night air, still damp with sleep. Trees, shrouded in darkness, start coming into focus. One leaf ignites after another. Then the first stir of life: two women, shuffling their… Read More

The season of Lent is upon us, beginning last week with Ash Wednesday. In many churches, clergy traced ashes across recipients’ foreheads, reciting the words, “Remember that you are dust and to dust you will return.” This somber reminder led us into a forty-day journey, mirroring Jesus’s time of being… Read More

I don’t always see Christ around me, especially in my daily grind. My workdays normally involve grabbing a cup of coffee, plugging away at deadlines and bantering with coworkers. Most of the time I am focused on the task, or person, right in front of me. I often lose sight… Read More

One of the things that I love most about Holy Week is that I can experience the events of Scripture in my own life. I will walk alongside other pilgrims as we observe Jesus’ betrayal, trial, crucifixion, death and finally, his resurrection. Each day, the story will play out before… Read More

After a long winter, I am looking forward to the arrival of spring. An East Coaster, I have walked through the cold, the snow, the shortening of days—and now light is starting to seep back in. The days are elongating. I can’t help but feel a stirring of hope for… Read More