One year ago, I preached my last sermon at the church where I was called right before our six-year-old was born. I preached not knowing when I would preach again. I preached not knowing a lot about the journey I was being called on, but knowing that I was being called to reimagine and to […]
This weekend, my family joined me as I graduated from the inaugural TIDEL Fellowship through Union Theological Seminary. This was an 18-month fellowship and I listened to the keynote on the importance of techno-selectivity in the an AI world, I realized just how much life we had lived in 18 months. We had lived in
It was superhero day, which I had forgotten until the notification dinged on my phone. I dashed to our nine-year-old’s closet to see what I could find for three of us to wear to show our support for the school spirit day. As I rifled through the closet, I found the superhero cape I had
I just counted. I’ve been an intern 9 times. 6 of those without pay. 3 of those for more than 40 hours a week. In college because I was an elementary education major, internships or practicums were part of the requirement. As I rushed between classes and fulfilling the 20 hour practicum requirement, I was
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It was advice I got from a friend who had traveled the path before and honestly I was shocked. When I explained I was called to preach and I was sure that I was and that I had been for a long time, I heard, “Don’t go to seminary.” Don’t go to seminary? Don’t answer
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When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt. I hope and I get discouraged. I love and I hate…to live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and
