Guest Houses of Old and of Today

Once a month I conduct what I call A Ritual of Gratitude and Letting Go.  It....


Memento Mori (poem – video)

If all you do with this post is spend 4:15 minutes watching this clip, that is....


Burma Reds (poem)

Bricks from the 9th century onward, the shape of pagodas and....


Winter Walk

Desiccated bronze orphans, aligned along branches, rustling....


Returning to Langston: Poems of Our Times

When I preached on the Sunday a week after Mike Brown was murdered in Ferguson,....


The Gender Spectrum: A Workshop, A Blogpost, A Poem

"Sexuality is who you go to bed with. Gender identity is who you to bed....


Crack in DC: Continuing to Witness Resurrection and Redemption

A few days ago, I listened to the interview of Ruben Castaneda, author of a new....


My Mother's Daughter: Semi Guest Post

Last month, I submitted a poem I wrote in 2008 to a poetry contest honoring....


Open Adoption: Wounds or Scars? Blogging or Poetry?

Being an adoptive parent has been a huge part of my identity and source of my....


Making the Most of Muck (sermon)

(I usually post my sermons the same day but life ~ and some ambivalence ~....