Grace in the Wilderness

There are early signs of fall in Washington, D.C. The changing seasons always prompt both my mind and body to reflect. The first crisp breeze feels familiar to my body, and so my mind travels back to early fall days of years past. Last fall was particularly difficult for me, so the early signs this Read more

Ignatian Spirituality is the heartbeat of life at Georgetown. I knew about this tradition intellectually, but I’ve experienced the prayer practices of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) in profound ways over the last 9 months. Saint Ignatius of Loyola is considered the founder of the Jesuit order, although he would resist this framing. St. Read more

I was in New York City this past weekend and attended church at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian, where the reading was Paul’s conversion story from Acts 9. I know about the blinding light on the road to Damascus, but I hadn’t heard the story in a long time. When I think of Paul’s conversion story I Read more

I was a guest preacher at a church in D.C. this past Sunday, which mean I had the pleasure of leading a children’s sermon. I love the challenge of making my message relevant to the children of the church. I asked the children what it would be like if we had glasses that let us Read more

Throughout the ordination process in the Presbyterian Church (USA) the candidate for ordination writes and updates her personal Statement of Faith. This one-page document is written in the style of our historic Confessions, and must profess what the candidate believes about essential tenets of faith (as an aside, a Catholic friend was once incredulous when Read more

What do you see when you look at the world around you? Disappointment, tragedy, loss? Hope, joy, possibility? A messy mix of it all? The challenge of the Christian life is to see with open eyes what is and what could be; to be heartbroken and enraged by the mistreatment of people and the planet, Read more