Re-Membering in the Time of Trial
What we have lost can only be remembered. And it is in the act and ritual of remembering, re-membering that together we create something new.
Maundy Thursday
Enjoy the Silence – Plague Epistle VIII
Enjoy the Silence - Plague Epistle VIII I have never really focused on contemplative silence. I don't consider myself a contemplative, but the silence that accompanies grief and exhaustion is with me, now. I welcome it.
How Not To Get By During Holy Week
For the past week, I have been obsessed with a single song off the freshly-released album by England's indie band, the ebullient and bubbly The Go! Team. Catching me off guard while listening to KEXP online, this song floored me with its Age of Aquarius choir grounded only by an infectious drum track and ear
Church Strippers
Last night, we had our first Theology Circle on Bonhoeffer. Twelve of us, beers in hand, crammed together on a long picnic table in the back of a low-lit, noisy Brooklyn bar and talked about the meaning of "church". To set the scene, I started out talking about Bonhoeffer's life and context and how much
The Weight of the World
Sybil Andrews, Gethsemane, 1951, no. 24/60.