During Holy Week, we traveled down to the Gulf coast in Biloxi Mississippi to host a group of high school juniors for a day retreat. This was the longest road trip we have taken the...

Reader, Happy 5th week of lent. As we approach Easter, may your strivings bring you close to God. A few weeks ago at a retreat- a student asked me “so, what do you do, outside of your work, to be a witness to faith?”...

Corned beef and cabbage is not a traditional Irish dish. I remember learning this fact with a mixture of bemusement and a kind of empty ache. My family is American, and in the sense of...

One day in early February when I was out for a walk, I glanced at the flower bed in front of the Rock House and saw some new tulips starting to come up, those tiny...

I love the readings for this week.  I feel like they are very relevant to Lent.  Peter has always been a role model for me.  He is one of the first people in the bible...

I have always enjoyed having Lent begin in the middle of winter. It just feels appropriate that, as winter winds down and approaches spring, Lent paves the road to Easter. The beginning of Lent this...

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51 A friend of mine is a teacher, in training to become a hospital chaplain. As I asked him about...

Back in the early 2000s, I remember watching a commercial for the US Navy which began with the actor Keith David saying “If someone wrote a book about your life, would anyone want to read...