Jesus Commanded I Tell You about Gluttony
Like a preacher in yoga pants I have come, a new Paul, to tell of your integrity in Christ, as a shared identity. But first you must put down your phone or laptop… Go ahead, trust me, she says with a...
View ArticleThe Time is NOW to embrace our not so menacing Shadow
Shadows go in front of you, leading into your future and trail behind you, leaving a part of you in the past. They are clearest when we are in the light, and disappear when we lose ourselves in...
View ArticleDie, Die, Die
Do you ever wake up so sad because the world is overrun with violence, grief + disbelief in the healing power of love? and your own pounding (occasionally violent) heart threatens to beat itself out of...
View ArticleLove Made of Fire: Love, Trauma & Lament In a Post-Orlando World
PAIN MADE OF FIRE On Sunday, June 12th, like so many others, I woke up to the news of the Orlando massacre being written across my Facebook page and television screen. Gut punch after gut punch I...
View ArticleGRACE, a Name we can all Adopt
A store clerk looked at my credit card last week and asked, “What does your name mean, Anita? It is so beautiful”. I responded that I once knew, but had forgotten… that I would google it. Apparently,...
View ArticleTexting vs. Flirting with a Monk
It’s late and I would enjoy drifting off into dreamland but something in me feels unsettled, an inner agitation. In the past, I would have allowed this to take root and my thoughts would encircle a...
View ArticleTo all Allies in the Episcopal Church and Beyond, Shocked by the Election
I’m writing this post to my fellow progressive, white Episcopalians, but I also write it mindful of the many allies out there who are not Episcopalian. While some of what I write may not pertain to...
View ArticleGrace-Filled Conversations.
I’m really great at getting into Facebook flame wars. I want to say that I am not proud of that, but if I am honest, sometimes I am very proud of it. I like to know that I have gotten under my...
View ArticleI hope you kneel
I hope you kneel in broad daylight under the noonday sun on the moist Mother earth, feeling the wetness seep through your pants so the skin on your knees, indenting the ground with the weight of you,...
View ArticleThe Body Never Lies
But people do. I was leading a yoga retreat in the beautiful Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania in October with 8 wonderful ladies, and on a hunch, I decided to add in an apophatic meditation I’d...
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