Last week, I drank in the words and images from the Independent Lens episode, The Calling like a person walking through a desert. I'm sure much of my fascination with this show stems from my own overwhelming sense of God's call on my life and the struggle to live into...
After encouraging so many of you to watch The Calling documentary on PBS' Independent Lens last night, I wondered how many people (aside from my clergy friends) were able to relate to it. Being a relatively young person (by church standards anyway) called to be a...
It was the yoga class that wouldn't end.I did everything. I breathed into poses. I tried to focus on the present moment. I tried all of those things you're supposed to do if I find myself struggling. They usually work for me but not this time. This regular 90-minute...
Last week I had the privilege of attending a workshop lead by Diana Butler Bass, a teacher and speaker who puts American Christianity in historical and cultural context. She offered us a paradigmn in which to understand the challenges the church is now facing.A crisis...