Deepening Your Spiritual Journey
Explore reflections that inspire growth, challenge your beliefs, and connect you more profoundly with your faith community.
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Beneath the Leaves: Learning to Pause
A reflection on the quiet, sacred moments beneath the fig tree—where rest, presence, and divine encounter reshape how we move through the world.
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Radical Grace and the Reckoning of the Church
As The Episcopal Church reckons with its legacy of privilege and its present call to resistance, we are invited into something deeper than partisanship—into radical grace. This reflection responds to Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe’s…
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A Hymn for This Hour
A reflection on hymn #596 from The Hymnal 1982 and how its prophetic call for wisdom and courage meets the urgency of this national moment.
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O America, America
As Congress passes sweeping legislation that favors the wealthy and abandons the poor, I find myself echoing Jesus’ lament over Jerusalem. This is a spiritual crisis as much as a political one. And even…
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Public Charlatans and Private Faith: A Reflection on the Death of Jimmy Swaggart
The death of Jimmy Swaggart reignited memories of a public faith marred by scandal and hypocrisy. But for some of us, faith was never found in the spotlight—it was formed in quiet sanctuaries, among…
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Come, Lord Jesus
In a world aching for justice and peace, the promise of Revelation 22:2—that the leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations—gives me hope. As I pray for my…
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Resisting Tyranny: Insights from Micah on H.R.1
Micah’s prophetic voice still speaks to us today. In the face of legislation like H.R.1, which targets the poor and vulnerable under the guise of reform, we must ask what God requires of us.…
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Perfecting the Craft: A Warning from the Margins
As a white gay man married to a brown immigrant, I see the rising tide of fear and repression in the U.S. with painful clarity. We are not imagining the danger. It is already…
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The Legacy of Saints Peter and Paul: Embracing Transformation
Peter and Paul were unlikely partners in the Gospel, yet their transformed lives offer hope for a Church rooted in justice, grace, and welcome. This reflection explores how their stories call us to deeper…
Under the Fig Tree 