When Love Shows Up

What are the little things that make it Christmas for you? What has shaped your perceptions of Christmas – of what it’s supposed to be? Likely, it’s a combination of

So I’m in therapy. That’s nothing new. I’ve been in therapy on and off for much of my adult life. I’m really grateful for it. Sometimes it’s not a good fit, but when it is a

So there I was last Sunday putting up Christmas lights. It was the first week of Advent. I had spent the morning preaching at church. Now I was in my front

This past Sunday, millions of Christians heard the same text read aloud in their church. Many Christian traditions – including Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, American Baptists, and the Episcopal

I know I wrote/talked about this last week, but I’m just not done with it – this “Render unto Caesar” moment Jesus has in the Gospel narrative. Jesus

“Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and give to God the things that are God’s.” This famous line, sometimes worded in the old English, “Render unto Caesar,” is attributed to Jesus,

When I was growing up, Howard Stern was on the radio. I know he’s still around, now on satellite and all that, but I’m talking about the radio. I’m 46 now

There’s really no laughter like funeral laughter. It is somehow utterly unexpected and entirely appropriate every time. In the midst of deep sorrow, a joke escapes,

Let’s talk about the beginning of blessing. Well, maybe there is no such thing as the beginning of blessing, because blessing comes from God and

I want to do a little thought experiment with you. I want you to imagine you are sitting with your best friend and they start

Jesus was a victim of political violence. But the real political violence against Jesus began before he was ever beaten, whipped, or killed. It began

Let us pray:   Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servant Charlie. Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, a sheep of your own fold, a