Imagine: You’re outside, playing with your kids. Suddenly, four police cars and two fire trucks show up. Police are yelling at you, saying that you could be arrested for endangering your children. You disagree with them, explaining that there is no cause for alarm and that your children are perfectly safe. The police cite you …
Dear friends, The transition from the holiday season into a new year of work is both exciting and a little overwhelming! In this past month, I’ve been catching up on all the work that got set aside over the holidays, tackling a new home renovation project, and working with local leaders to launch our small …
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Tuesday was a big day here in Washington, DC. The President of the United States addressed both houses of Congress and the Supreme Court, laying out his State of the Union. In this annual speech, the President lays out his vision of where the country is at, and where we are headed. With great pomp …
What are your top priorities? On most people’s list would be family and friends. You might also include your professional life and financial security. In my case, I’d probably list free time, which allows me to make myself available to others and undertake creative pursuits (such as writing this blog). The details differ from individual …
One of the most profoundly meaningful periods of my life was my second semester at Earlham School of Religion, when I was living as part of a radical Christian community called Renaissance House, in an impoverished neighborhood in Richmond, Indiana. Renaissance House drew all sorts of people. Young and old; middle class and poor; highly …
What is the basic message of the gospel? Is there a core essence that can be extracted from all the stories, traditions, rituals, and writings of our faith? To ask the question another way: How can we know which of our practices and beliefs are truly essential to who we are as followers of Jesus, …
Growing up in the 80s and 90s, I am a child of the environmental movement. Most of the adults in my life taught me that the primary challenge of the future was not doing new things, but mitigating the damage done by a civilization that was already more or less finished. The world I was …