This post is the sixth in a series exploring the practice of Drishti (focus on a particular point, traditionally in meditation or yoga poses). Rev. Nicole Havelka, the usual author of this blog, writes about how her ordination anniversary provided a…
This post is the fourth in a series exploring the practice of Drishti (focus on a particular point, traditionally in meditation or yoga poses). My fellow pop-culture preacher, Rev. Jeff Nelson writes about how he connects to his breath as a…
I had just finished a morning run. Dripping with sweat and in desperate need of a shower, I noticed my phone ringing. Ivy Beckwith, my friend and colleague on the Faith Formation Team at the national UCC was calling. I was…
This blog is written for my occasional series, “Things Yoga Has Taught Me About Church.” You make friends fast when you line up at dawn in your spandex triathlon gear on a gorgeous, but chilly, Sunday summer morning. Having the unfortunate…
Below is a letter I emailed (in two parts due to the 2,500 character limit on the site) to President Trump this morning. Regardless of your political persuasion, how might we take reasonable steps to assist the Syrian people? I know people…
Why don’t we each do ONE thing that is a true practice of love. Not the fluffy, romantic stuff of greeting cards, romantic comedies and flower shops, but the real hard work of loving people who are hard to love. —…
In my New Year’s post, I wrote about the need to lean into discomfort in 2017 as a way of traveling a journey of hope. After a two weeks of a Trump presidency and more civil and political unrest than I…
I got angry. While attending the Faith Forward Gathering a few weeks ago, Dr. Daniel White Hodge, Assistant Professor of Youth Ministry at North Park University, recounted a recent experience he had in which he had been pulled over by police. Although…
I was really late to the party. The ability to binge watch TV encourages me. I can always start a series later, so shows tend to stack up like a giant pile of laundry in my queue. Doctor Who was one…
So even if you're not a Christian nor a believer of any kind, I wish that you, too, experience unexpected and unbridled joy today.
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