April 22, 2021 Columbus, Ohio It's Earth Day and the realities of climate change are making themselves known in the freezing weather...

April 5, 2021 Easter Monday Columbus, Ohio I'm so thankful that Easter is a whole 50 day season! We load a lot of freight (or maybe I...

March 15, 2021 Columbus, Ohio Dear Ones, Many people are talking about the year that has just past; the year we pivoted quickly and shut...

March 8, 2021 Columbus, Ohio It's International Women's Day and I'm thinking of all of the amazing, powerful, faithful, compassionate,...

February 22, 2021 First Monday in Lent Columbus, Ohio Yesterday we heard, in the assigned lectionary reading, about desert wandering and...

February 17, 2021 Ash Wednesday Columbus, Ohio There are basically two ways to get into the main entrance to the seminary: a long sloping...

February 16, 2021 Shrove Tuesday Columbus, Ohio I know that my redeemer lives. Words uttered out of the mouth of Job in unthinkable days...

February 15, 2021 Columbus, Ohio Making a big life change also often means changing the small rhythms of our days. In so doing, I've...

February 1, 2021 Columbus, Ohio It's been a snowy weekend. I could tell by the heavy whiteness of the clouds that it was going to snow. ...

January 25, 2021 Columbus, Ohio What a week this has been. It seems as though months have passed since last Monday. We have a new...

January 18, 2021 MLK Day Seattle, WA I awoke early this morning, in part because that's become my routine as I work with my colleagues...

January 11, 2021 Seattle, WA I believe that decency has died this week. That any notion we might have maintained of being a nation who...

The Feast of the Epiphany January 6, 2021 This liturgical day is one of my favorites. The Feast of the Epiphany reveals to a broken and...

January 4, 2021 Seattle, WA A dear friend recently remarked that she enjoys the sheer variety of poets whose work I discover and share in...

Fourth Day of Christmas December 28, 2020 Seattle, WA This poem comes from the worshiping community of Iona, Scotland and was written by...

December 21, 2020 Seattle, WA The day did not dawn, nor did it break. Instead it crept in, gray and soaking, and did not change before...

Monday, December 14, 2020 Seattle, WA Time. In Advent it is waiting time. In our world, it is time to stay in. In our nation it is...

November 30, 2020 The First Monday in Advent Seattle, WA On this day of endings (November) and beginnings (Advent), the poet Elizabeth...

November 23, 2020 Seattle, WA I'm back in Seattle for the holidays, winter break, pandemic shut down. My heart is full of gratitude and...