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looking sin in the eye
One time, I prepared my confession with a lapsed Buddhist. It was accidental. As usual, I’d procrastinated preparing for Confession–scheduled though it was more than a week in advance. The morning of...
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Friday Icon
“Dude of Sorrows” by Lisa Yuskavage (via WSJ) In moving my happiness lists to Wednesday–something sweet to get through the week–to honor more solemnly each Friday as a “little Good Friday,” I was given...
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God the Good Gardener
“Every branch that bears fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” Look at the stained glass windows around you this morning. They’ve been given at various times for various members of the...
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Friday Icon: The Peasants’ Churchyard
via “Old Church Tower at Nuenen” van Gogh, 1885 Did you know that Van Gogh almost became a pastor? In his young life, he spent time as a missionary, and he wrote about theological issues in his many...
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the dark side of the glittering city
“On what foundation has this glittering city been built? On whose screams? On whose suffering? On whose innocent blood?” Over on the Covenant Blog this past week, the other Hylden in my house...
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the Name of God
I am a C I am a CH I am a CHRISTIAN I have CHRIST in my HEART and I will LIVE ETERNALLY. It’s the season of Vacation Bible School here in Columbia, South Carolina, and I, for one, learned most of what...
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God’s Kingdom
Preached in Keenan Chapel at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 21 June, 2015, Columbia, South Carolina. I’ve never before preached from a pulpit here in Keenan Chapel. As many of you know, I’ve almost never...
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what’s in a body?
My body failed awfully early in life. Before I was sixteen, I was walking like an 80-year-old woman, unable to navigate stairs or open doors. The arthritis is under such control (with medication and...
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recent reading: race & unfinished change
If you read one essay, read this: Kiese Laymon, Professor of English at Vassar reflects on conversations with his grandmother in light of Charleston (exerpts below). “White folks been misusing us since...
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fear
“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to...
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