2022
2021
When A Story Appears Mundane . . .
When There’s an Empty Chair at the Table . . .
Here Lies . . . An Unlikely Candidate
I’m Listening (she says in her best Frasier voice)…or Not
To be silent no more: #metooatGibeah
If I Had Known Then What I Know Now: Pastoring and #MeToo
What Anticipatory Grief Is Not
When Expectations are Unfulfilled
Why I Support Bipartisanship…as a Christian
2020
Why I Don a Mask . . . as a Christian
When God Resisted Toxic Positivity
When Jesus Did Not Obey the Rules
The Unanswered Prayers of Jesus and Me
4 Lessons about Life I Learned from Death
The Myth of Returning to Normal
The Unspoken Tragedy of the Coronavirus
2019
Why Is It Everybody Else Is So Happy Except Me . . . and Other Sweeping Statements I Believe
Words a Pentecostal Does Not Want to Hear . . .
The Time Warp of Grief: Going Backwards to Go Forwards
Risk, Uncertainty, Exposure, oh my
What I Learned about My Humanity from My Pet
Why am I . . . epistemological and existential questions that haunt me in the night
What Does a Swan Have to Do with Grief?
Being Welcomed: Is There Anything More Affirming?
2018
Rituals: Security for a Long, Dark Night
The Holidays: When Loss Is Revisited
A Love Story That’s Not Just Between Two People
But . . . But . . . I’ve Done Everything Right, So Why Is Life Going Wrong?
Sacred Space: A Divine Encounter Between Us
When A Transformational Shift Occurs . . .
The Powerful Reality of a System
One of These Things is not Like the Other
The Unmapped Experience: An Escort to Empathy
The Borg, Losses, and Pentecost
Be All You Can Be and Other Such Thoughts
Learning from “Curiosity Killed the Cat”
God, Where Are You?: A Response to an Age-Old Question
Webs, Spiders, Flies, and Blame
Learning from the Power of Abandonment
Praise, Potato Chips, and the Dark Side
2017
The Significance of Re-membering over Dis-membering
When Christmas is NOT as Advertised
Learning to Care for the Enemy . . . within
What’s Our Mentality? Scarcity or Abundant?
Thoughts on Conflict, Violence, Humanity, and the Church While Jet Lagging
Vulcan Mind Melds & Shared Realities, Part 2: Loss of Identity
Vulcan Mind Melds & Shared Realities, Part 1: Loneliness
When a Caregiver Says, “I don’t know”
The Chaotic Journey of Transition
The Vulnerability of the Journey
Listening: A Sign of the Church?