*i questioned whether i should post this video. social media often seems to bring out the worst in peoples responses to sensitive social an...

i've been pretty busy with LOVE PROVIDENCE SANCTUARY AFTERSCHOOL ARTS and that whole getting married thing. i'm hoping to w...

I often get asked why the God of the Bible gets so angry. Anger seems too much like a volatile human emotion.  At best, it seems "bene...

"The need is greater this year than I've ever seen it. One little girl didn't want anything for herself. She wanted a winter co...

Advent says hope is real.  It drives us to look for it.  To find it in the everyday.  To find it the unexpected. Advent is a season of expe...

An interviewer asked Bob Dylan how he got into rock and roll… Carelessness. I lost my one true love. I started drinking. The first thing I ...

below is an excerpt from an interview at The Quietus on October 12th. ...Is it good to work with people who have faith? I guess it would...

"There's nothing more radical, nothing more revolutionary, nothing more subversive against injustice and oppression than the Bible....

Walt Whitman (from  To See God ) Why should I wish to see God better than this day? I see something of God each hour of the twenty four, ...

a poem by Mary Oliver from  Dreamwork  (1986) Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred mil...

"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,'  then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."  -Vi...

"We want to pay tribute to each of our colleagues who died, to their commitment to serve the Afghan people. Those who have known them...

Church is where we are reminded of the revolution of  sacrificial love - the cross and resurrection.  Church is where we learn to lay  d...

Romans 15   1   We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.   2  We should all please our nei...

"Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"

be honest. bring your issues into the light. tell someone. seek accountability in community. you are loved. [click the image to read]