I’m Hiking the Camino de Santiago: The Very Painful (and Personal) Backstory that Led Me to the Trail Head

I was in the middle of a staff meeting when I felt a surge of cold run up my finger tips as they struck the keys of my computer. The cold then began to pulse through my whole body. I figured it was a mean case of the flu that was kicking in, so I …

Getting Personal: From DOING to BEING

I’ve been taking some really tangible steps in my own personal journey toward becoming a Human-BEING rather than a Human-DOING. For me, and how I’ve been created (and conditioned), doing less and being more is really, REALLY hard. It’s easy for me to default to task lists and self-imposed to-do’s. At its best, it’s a …

The Pipeline Continues: May We Hear the Voice(s) of the People

Last month, I found myself sitting in a tent listening to the Sioux tribal elders at Standing Rock reflect on the implications of the Dakota Access Pipeline halt. In arctic temperatures surrounded by domestic and international reporters, one of the elders (pic) described the tribe’s genuine celebration at the halt and proceeded to elaborate on …

A Theology from Below (and Subterranean Book Review)

Year after year as my community seeks to live well in the unique soil of our little neighborhood, we discover how much our neighborhood has to teach us about ourselves, each other and the One we follow. Because real life is textured with both the beautiful and broken realities of humanity, we find ourselves formed and informed in new ways that we …

The Tragedy of Self-Appointed Prophets

The world is swirling with issues. Picking up my phone and opening my news app each morning is being met with more and more dread each day. When something hits the news, it is fascinating to watch people jump onto social media and begin “yelling” out their answers for how to heal our broken systems. …