As I think about Easter and Holy Week, I reflect on the film, The Passion of the Christ. It’s hard to believe it was a 2004 film, almost 20 years old. It was a great movie, but I have to admit, I only …
A Bright Sadness
I was a cradle Episcopalian, christened as a child, confirmed in middle school, and faithfully attending the Church of England in America until I was in my early 20s. Practices like liturgy and …
The Father and the Beloved
It’s funny how the Lord takes His own sweet time in revealing things to us that we feel like we should have learned a long time ago. The way I viewed God, and how that perspective affected the way I …
Come to the Table
There is a sacred space in your home, potentially as important to the spiritual, emotional, and physical health of your family as your local church. It is your table. “The table is the place of …
Always Valentine’s Day
Another Valentine’s Day has come and gone. I have to admit, I find myself a little jaded about Valentine’s Day. Only to my family (and now, to you) I call it “Forced Romance Day,” created by the card …
A Father’s Blessing
I know that sometimes “Christian movies” can be kind of hit-and-miss in terms of quality, but I saw one last week that I found gripping. Show Me the Father, produced and directed by the Kendrick …