Who am I? I am a goofy, loving, compassionate, intense, heretical, resilient, laughing, curious, patient, courageous, kind, joyful,...

I am a big believer in giving our bodies “a chance to make ideas tangible.” I began using Gendlin’s Focusing in 2008. It was a useful...

I love the idea of pivoting from “being the one holding the microphone to the one creating space for others to speak and strategize.”...

This last weekend, I attended our denominational regional assembly. There were a lot of good people engaged in good work, however, I...

My sense of my vocation is shifting from something for which I am completely responsible to a more expansive view that it is work I will...

One area that really resonated with me was Linda Sarsour’s call to “know your neighbors.” When I lived in New Mexico, I was very tied...

While I intellectually understand the issues and challenges of the cultural myth of meritocracy, I still find myself struggling with the...

I genuinely feel that there is no way to exist in this country without, in some way, perpetuating oppression. I am not saying it is...

One way that microaggressions shape interpersonal and institutional spaces is through perpetuating the system of oppression. Keeping the...

Dori Baker’s comment, “Six months into my first parish, I found church leadership to be soul-shrinking.” (Lewis, Williams, Baker, 2020,...

"Hope is a discipline." Dr. Rev. Willie Jennings Today the world watched as there was an insurrection within the United States. I spent a...

"We’re often told to pull ourselves together. But there’s far more value in pulling ourselves apart. This involves a spiritual...

Keeanga-Yamattha Taylor asked two pivotal questions which serve as a useful frame when contemplating ministry through identity, power,...

This week’s materials reflected many things we witnessed with the recent election. First, there was a lot of talk from politicians about...

“I believe that our world is on the verge of self-destruction and death because the society as a whole has so deeply neglected that which...

Patty Bern points out the human truth that “there are times when it is inconvenient to have a body” and Lennerd Davis says “[w]hat is...

The most amazing part of the pandemic's impact on me is the recognition of how incredibly different people's spheres of experiences are....

History (and Herstory) is filled with examples of how communities survive trauma. In my class, Imagining Community After Chaos, we are...

For me, the core of Thandeka’s Class and the documentary videos, was an articulate argument for the pitfalls of capitalism. Private...

This weekend sucked ash. Amid numerous forest fires around Colorado, a new one started right near my apartment. The Calwood fire was...