I’m convinced that small towns and rural regions have a critical role in determining the direction of our nation. A couple months ago Ashlyn and I began to feel a call to organize a vigil in our own small town and joined with some like-minded local folks with similar stirrings. It was stretching, to say [...]
Tag: healing
We Need a Healer: Reflections on Christ the King Sunday
The kingdom of God is justice and peace/and joy in the Holy Spirit/Come, Lord, and open in us/the gates of your kingdom. I sang these words with a small group of Friends at a recent retreat. They come from a Taize chant called "The Kingdom of God." If you're not familiar with Taize, the simple [...]
The Opposite of Hatred
The last two weeks have been an intense time for me. The last few days have been an intense time for my country. The last two weeks have been intense because I was in an intensive class for seminary; it lived up to its name. The class was about entrepreneurial ministry, part of a pilot [...]
Recovering Abundance in Seminary
Below is the short manuscript from a message I gave recently at Earlham School of Religion for Common Worship. While not directly relating to rural issues, it provides another opening into the story of Jesus feeding the multitude, the inspiration for the blog's title. Enjoy: Geese appear high over us, pass, and the sky closes. [...]
Recovering Abundance 