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...

November 16, 2020 Columbus, Ohio I've discovered a poet I've only read before in snippets. Kathleen Raine was born in London in 1908 and...

November 9, 2020 Columbus, OH In the midst of all of the national news of this week: an historic election, a growing pandemic, our family...

November 2, 2020 Columbus, Ohio For some time I have shared another's writing each Monday morning. It seems a good way to begin a...

Illinois October 28, 2020 This road trip, from Seattle to Ohio, has reminded me again of the wide diversity found even in our single...

October 23, 2020 Seattle, WA It is hard to separate who I am as a person from who I am as a person in Christ’s Church. My earliest sense...

October 4, 2020 The Feast of Saint Francis Seattle, WA I most often find myself writing prose: sermons and newsletter articles and...

September 13, 2020, Evening Seattle, WA Since we can’t go outside, even for a walk or a drive, I’ve been doing a lot of pondering today. ...

September 4, 2020 Seattle, WA Six years ago we said goodbye for now to a person filled with faith and love and doubt and beauty and...

August 25, 2020 Seattle, WA Say his name: Jacob Blake. Still fighting for his life after being shot in the back seven times by a patrol...

August 24, 2020 Seattle, WA “Climate change is a global emergency.” So begins the portion of the 2020 Democratic platform entitled:...

August 23, 2020 Seattle, WA This week the Republican National Convention will meet to nominate their candidates for President and...