Revival: A Liturgy for Repentance
We need an altar call that invites us into a third way and an aisle that leads us to the love of neighbor. We need a raised hand declaring the decision to live for good news that is good for all people.
Love Song for Liturgy
Liturgical, call-and-response prayer is powerful. It is often doing more than we realize in the moment.
Hope’s Drums: A Call and Response Litany
On election night, I took my first, deep breath in weeks. And today, I wrote a prayer to read now and in the coming months when the next vote is needed, the next march is organized, and the next disaster comes to hijack our confidence in humanity.
A Reminder for the Relocated
In the name of the Christ who absorbed violence with grace / Tell us again how love alone is what saves us
Sound the Alarm: A Liturgy for Troubling Times
A call and response liturgy for the fighters of the good fight who feel constantly bombarded with the waves of a suffering world right now.
Share This: How Jesus Saves From The Facebook Wars
Most of us are not monsters; we are just lost in the hate-inducing, time-wasting arguments that are not nearly as effective as parables.
The World Will Be Saved by Beauty
“Art is what saved me, ” Zhailon says. And, here at the end of a heavy 2016, I believe him. It may be what saves me too.
Postpartum Depression and #blacklivesmatter
Forgive me for rejecting your pain. Forgive me for adding to the chaos. I am listening.
Straight and Scared
I hope and long for a time when we aren’t so incredibly fearful--when we may love the same, though we may think and live differently.
To the Stranger Who Trusted, Thanks
The visitor leaves on the note, “Thanks for trusting me.”