Goodness Is Given
Today's episode reflects on something I'm learning from the recent spiritual biography of Desmond Tutu, written by Michael Battle. "Goodness is given" is something I'm learning from Tutu's life - some...
22 Kesä 20239min
Sammy Ate My Lunch
Today's episode is about a simple and funny story that happened to Arianne and Noah the other day. It reminded me of the spiritual practice I've committed to this summer: the practice of paying attent...
14 Kesä 20237min
Today
Today's episode is aptly titled "today." I share about one of my favorite yard signs in our neighborhood that I walk by a couple of days a week (it simply says "today!"), how often Jesus focuses our a...
7 Kesä 20239min
This Odd and Wondrous Calling
Today's episode is me riffing on the "odd and wondrous calling" I'm privileged to live out. Here I'm referring to the work of being a pastor, but I would argue it applies to whatever your calling is -...
1 Kesä 20239min
A Summer Mantra
Today's episode is about finding a summer mantra, a way to set an intention and deeply experience all that this season has to offer. We read one of favorite poems by Mary Oliver, "The Summer Day," and...
31 Touko 202311min
Rest As Resistance
Today's episode is about the work of Tricia Hersey, founder of the Nap Ministry (in 2016). I first learned of her work in the fall of 2022 that featured her new book coming out, "Rest Is Resistance: A...
24 Touko 20238min
The Birthday of the World
Today's episode is about a story, "The Birthday of the World," that Rachel Naomi Remen received as a gift on her 4th birthday from her grandfather, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi. Last fall, she published t...
22 Touko 20239min
Epistemic Humility
Today's episode is about epistemic humility, an idea that goes all the way to Socrates in Plato's "Apology." The basic idea is that we should be humble about anything that we know because it might be ...
17 Touko 202311min
