The explosive joy of Easter is nearly upon us! Soon, we will be celebrating our Lord's triumph over death and giving thanks for the gifts of our own redemption and resurrection. But before we rush head long into the glory of the Resurrection, I want to slow our pace and take a moment to delve …
Meditation on the Jordan
The lip of the river was carpeted in a bed of tender moss, enveloped in sharp edged bulrush and the stiff stalks of sea wheat. It was in this narrow pocket that I sat, watching the sunlight dance on the algae green waters of the Jordan River as it changed from early morning gray to …
God is Gender Queer
Late last week I was having a conversation with a new friend in the UK over Twitter. We were talking about God (what else?) and - as become the habit these days - I found myself referring to God with male pronouns. For me, this is of no consequences as prior to my conversion to …
The Love of God Is Like A Clingy Cat
Meet Frehley, my clingy kitty who's named after my favorite guitarist. This amalgamation of fur, claws and eyeballs intruded on my life about four years ago when I finally caved under the pressure a co-worker had been leveraging for nearly a year to take one of the many kittens his mom had. On the surface …
Forgiveness is the Final Form of Love
For those of you who have followed this blog since its inception, you will remember a particularly raw entry that appeared shortly after Christmas. Reflecting upon that post some ten months later, I find that I'm not impressed with myself. At the time I was writing from a desperate place; I had been unexpectedly wounded …
