Local Ghosts
Even in the Hudson Valley, I think the larger appeal of Halloween is that our local ghosts can scare us, but we can, ultimately, domesticate them.
Even in the Hudson Valley, I think the larger appeal of Halloween is that our local ghosts can scare us, but we can, ultimately, domesticate them.
The longer we live, the more losses we accrue. It doesn’t get easier. There is no ideal life.
In The LEGO Batman Movie, Batman’s fears for his for friends’ and family’s safety prompt him to change, to acknowledge his need for them.
It’s not a religious event, per se, but it buoys my spirit to love and be loved, to place myself within a tradition of ever-present love.
Girl Scout Cookies alone can’t change our culture’s vulgarity, but by the grace of Christ, communities can.
Project Runway Junior demonstrates a sense of play and wonder.
Can Jesus be with Queen Victoria as she struggles to find the right man in a court filled with uncles and male cousins who just want to control her?
As I contemplate the end of the The Great British Bake Off as I know it and its intersection with the end of Christmas, I can’t help but think about the challenge of the Nativity.
Playing the game Picwits helps call me back to God, the one who knows us completely, who makes us whole.
We can work ourselves to the bone trying to make this season meaningful, thereby leaching it of all its meaning.
Ruby Bridges reminds us that hatred of God’s children cannot be anything but sinful, and we must be vigilant in confronting not just what we’ve done, but what we have left undone.
As my students and I discussed Herman Melville‘s “Benito Cereno” the text on Friday, many of them wept.
Regular installments of game night illustrate our family values of teamwork, togetherness, and joy.
Friendships change. Families change. Traditions change. There is, in every season of change, an everlasting, eternal, unchanging God upon whom I can fix my eyes.
We are all sinners and saints alike, but on All Saints’ Day, we trace our lineage through the departed saints who’ve walked in the faith before us.
God is in those supermarket conversations, and God is in those preschool classrooms; the challenge may be to see Him beyond our own biases.
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