I am a worrier. I worry about whether I handled something from some time ago well. Was I right? Was I wrong? Could I have said it...

As I write this, California is drowning. 19 people have died there since the "atmospheric rivers" began the week after Christmas. The...

Things in the U.S. are a hot mess right now. Our government is at a standstill because those that were elected to govern can't decide on...

Here we are in the fourth week of Advent. Assuming I finish and publish this post today, the Love candle is being lit in Christian...

I missed writing this past Sunday - we are now in the third week of Advent. Last Sunday the Joy candle was lit. This week, I am going to...

I love the book of Ruth. It is only four chapters, so if you haven't read it you can do so now. I'll wait. The following passage was...

Advent begins today. In western Christian churches the candle of Hope is lit, and everyone is singing, "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel." I am...

We have created our own darkness, and then cry out to God, "Where are You??" I've been mulling this post over for a few weeks now. I...

He is not here, for He is risen! Happy Easter! Today is Easter Monday - the day of the White House Easter Egg Roll, a day when many...

Let me just start by telling you that I do NOT believe God wants us to suffer. I am NOT going to tell you to suffer in silence, put a...

Jesus loves me, this I know; For the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong; They are weak but He is strong. Yes, Jesus loves me!...

I keep running into "liminal spaces." I thought I first encountered them in Fierce Love by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, but as I skim the...

I've been thinking and thinking and praying a lot about what I want to write this time. I keep going back to the four candles of Advent:...

Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were merry and bright, and I hope ...well, I hope. Thursday was the first anniversary of the...

Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. (Psalm 33:22, NRSV) Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and...

This week, we lit the candle of Love in our Advent wreath. Last year I wrote about six forms of love here. This year we seem to need...

This week we light the candle of Joy in our Advent wreath. I wrote in my Joy post last year (you'll find it here) that Joy is something...

This is the second week of Advent. Yesterday, Christian churches lit again the candle of Hope, and then lit the candle of Peace. I have...

Oh, my goodness. It has been a month in the Brown household! We started out with Julia's wedding on the 7th. Look up "radiant" in the...

When I was a little girl and we recited the Lord's Prayer in church, I always got quiet at the part, "Forgive us our debts." I was a...