“All the mothers in the congregation, please stand up.” I froze at these words that Sunday in church, sitting alongside my 10-year-old stepson. He was my stepson since he was five and living under my roof and I was struggling daily, trying to be a mother to...
My Great Aunt Ruth was known in our family for many things — her hospitality, her homemade biscuits, her prayers before meals (which often included singing the doxology), just to name a few. But what we most remember is her frequent refrain, “Be still.” It...
I recently returned from a trip to Nashville, Tennessee, where I had the opportunity to offer my ministry of blessing and praying for people on the street. I set up shop downtown, right outside Christ Church Cathedral in the shade of a magnolia tree. As I...
I'll never forget last Tuesday night. Surrounded by two thousand friends I never knew I had—though, as we sat there, we somehow all knew our bonds went back to time immemorial—I took in one of the final performances of the longest running show in the history...
So, with Easter Sunday now behind us, and with Pentecost not yet upon us, we are in a part of the Christian story that doesn't often get much attention. We are in the awkward space following the resurrection, before the giving of the Holy Spirit, when there...