Tonglen: Enough. For Now.

I met Doris* as she lay in a bed on the pulmonary unit to which I had been....


Reading Life Into Failing Bodies: The Chaplaincy of Eros and Thanatos

A third of my summer chaplaincy internship was spent at a nursing home. It was....


The Shared World: Lessons In Joy and (Dis)Comfort (sermon)

First Parish Church of Groton Karen G. Johnston, Ministerial Intern (audio....


Bidden or Unbidden: God in the House?

God keeps popping up at my house. Which is a little strange given that we are....


Cracked: The Sequel

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Don’t Fear the Reaper: Reactions When I Tell People What I Do

I was in line at my local food co-op, which just so happens to have the....


Homily at Interfaith Iftar, July 19, 2014

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True Story: Married not Once, but Twice, to a Dying Woman

This is a story of lesbians in love.  It is also one facet of the jewel story....