A Morning Prayer for Ordinary Days
Not every morning begins in crisis. Sometimes what we need is a prayer for the unremarkable days — the ones that ask nothing dramatic of us.
Continue reading → Five Things Worth Your Attention This August
August asks us to slow down before the world speeds up again. Five things worth paying attention to before the month runs out.
Continue reading →In Defense of the Second-Hand Bookshop
There is a particular kind of afternoon that can only happen in a second-hand bookshop, and I worry we are letting it become extinct.
Continue reading →The Leader Who Listens
Most leadership development focuses on what to say. The rarer skill — and the more useful one — is knowing how to stop talking long enough to hear what's actually happening.
Continue reading →The Theology of a Church Potluck
No institution in American life is more theologically rich, more fraught with social complexity, or more dependent on the green bean casserole than the church potluck.
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