Spiritual Gardening: The Hope of Glory
Between the Ascension and Pentecost, the disciples waited and prayed, wondering what was next. We are waiting in uncertainty. How might we join those first disc...
Category: prayer
Praying the Text
Day 15 in a month-long series on Cultivating Sanctuary. The fourth item I intentionally brought into my new home on the first day was my bible, an NRSV I’...
The Daily Office
Day 6 in a month-long series on Cultivating Sanctuary. Lord Jesus, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day is past; be our companion in the way, kindle...
Sacred Spaces
Day 4 in a month-long series on Cultivating Sanctuary. “Do you want to do the honors?” asked my realtor, Kelly, offering me the keys. We were s...
Friday Florilegium
On my playlist this week has been a cover of Rachel Platten’s global hit “Fight Song” by The Piano Guys. Not only is it an instrument version ...
Rhythms of Grace
As we begin a new school year at UDTS, I made a short video exploring rhythms of grace for our incoming students: holistic ways to think about our bodies, minds...
Celtic Advent: 40 Days of Joy, Love and Gratitude
Please see the 2020 updated version of the calendar here. For each day, from November 15 until Epiphany, I’ve thought of one thing I can do to practice ...
September 29
The date is lined in bright green (for life) on a handmade poster-size calendar that now hangs in my living room. Six weeks. What has been my constant shadow fo...
The Contemplative Cottage has moved…to Iowa
If you had told me 9 months ago I’d be leaving my friends, church, jobs, and city to live in Dubuque, Iowa, I would have laughed. Loudly. Not because I ha...