A friend placed her hand on mine to tell me her father-in-law with brain cancer has taken a turn for the worse. I placed my…
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The coolest thing happened today. I turned 50. The popular zeitgeist tells me I should be mourning the loss of my youth because as a…
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I had the great privilege to deliver the homily during the annual Service of Remembrance at St. John’s Lutheran Church today. I offer the following…
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In retrospect, a hurricane-scarred sea island was the right place and a perfect metaphor for celebrating my five-year cancer survivorship milestone. The lovely Sarah took…
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The holidays are both forward-looking and nostalgic at the same time. We look ahead to what the New Year has in store, and we reminisce…
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“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink…” (Matt 25:35) The young man with the gray…
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I had the extraordinary privilege of being part of a sacred gathering of some of the LGBTQ members of my St. John’s Lutheran Church family…
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Lately I’ve been obsessed with Big Fish, the musical take on the Tim Burton-directed movie about an estranged father and son. The movie is one…
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It’s been an amazing year. So many wonderful, dreams-come-true events have happened, but none of it would matter if I weren’t surrounded by loving friends…
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My last few posts have been pretty dark, full of the “hard Eucharisteo” that comes with being grateful in the face of life’s challenges. To…