Writings
We’re words people—and below are our weekly grapplings with truth and tension, ability and disability, hope and despair, innovation and ancient wisdom. Join us on a journey to know and be known.
Where is Your Epiphany?
The wonder of the Christmas season has tapered off by now…unless you celebrate Epiphany. Western churches celebrate Epiphany for the arrival of the magi to …
Looking back at 2021: Exhilarations and Tensions
I think we all stepped into 2021 cautiously, waiting to see if it would sink or float. Truth is, it did both — as most …
Advent: Preparation
If I could boil down the message of advent, it’s this: let every heart prepare Him room. Or, “Let ev’ry hea-art pre-pa-are Hi-im roo-oom,” as …
Advent: Empathy
My favorite “Advent painting” is The Annunciation by Henry Ossawa Tanner. It’s unlike any painting of the Virgin Mary I’ve ever seen, and its artist …
Advent: Longing
Yes, this is a Christmas-y post. Tomorrow’s the second Sunday of Advent season—the four Sundays before Christmas. On this year’s first Advent Sunday, I was …
One of the Biggest Draws to Christianity for Me
You could see these words from a popular chorus as a bare-minimum admittance, a way to cheer ourselves up from an Eeyore complex: “I guess …
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