What is this condition of right love? It is, that one should love God with an excessive, powerful love, till one’s soul is totally involved in love of God, and one is constantly obsessed [Hebrew: shogeh] by it, as though ill with love sickness, when there is no place in…

Note: With the release of the Supreme Court draft on overturning Roe v. Wade, this is a traumatizing moment in our history for many people — and this is true not only for people who have uteruses. A lot is at stake. I’ve spent time working on this piece and…

Gender-affirming care for young people should never be considered child abuse. I’m deeply troubled by the political maneuvering in Texas by Governor Greg Abbot and Attorney General Ken Paxton. …

For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. - Isaiah 56:7 Sometimes a deeply spiritual experience or a profound tugging at the heart will transform a person’s theological beliefs. If one thing can be said about the Apostle Paul, it’s that he had strong theological…

For many of people who have been rejected, harmed, or abandoned by their parents, a chosen family can fulfill that deeply human need for familial love and protection. All human parents are imperfect, but both the Hebrew Bible and New Testament teach the importance of honoring your parents. I used…

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” (Proverbs 13:12) During times of uncertainty, my dreams call out to me in the wilderness. Dreams protect us against the dark night of the soul and hope deferred. …

I’m a part-time youth pastor and admin assistant in a beloved church community ( a2blue.org) that is LGBTQIA+ affirming, supports Black Lives Matter, and provides a safe place for me to be open and honest about my history with mental illness. I love the people in this community, many of…

Birth pangs send shooting pain that explodes in the mind, an explosion that begins and ends in the darkness of the womb. New life will overcome it. Shots fired from police guns send pangs of death that explode on the bodies of the innocent, the oppressed of the nations, the…

October 12, 2020 Dear Senators in consideration of Amy Coney Barrett for SCOTUS, Of Trump’s three Supreme Court nominees, I would have preferred that Judge Barrett had been the first, not the last, nominee. I think having a conservative, female, Catholic judge on a diverse and balanced court, one who…