PETTY AND PROPHETIC

For my Grandma Cheryl, who encourages and cheers on the prophetic voice within me.  Today is the day of Epiphany. Tradition holds that...

On the 11th day of Christmas the prophet Jonah gives to us a mirror to look at ourselves and wrestle with the radically inclusive love of...

On the TENTH day of Christmas Zephaniah gave to us 10 songs of joy! Well, I’m giving you 10 songs of joy, cause Zephaniah only...

On the NINTH day of Christmas Obadiah gives us 9 faults of Edom done against Israel. Obadiah is the shortest book in the Hebrew Bible,...

On the EIGHTH day of Christmas, Zechariah gives us 8 dreams to change our way of living. The prophetic book of Zechariah is set after the...

On the SEVENTH day of Christmas we look at seven questions the brief prophetic book of Nahum invites us to ponder. Nahum is unique...

“With what shall I come before the Lord     and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,     with...

On the FIFTH day of Christmas we get to look at Habakkuk and his five critiques of empire. Habakkuk was a prophet who is set during the...

On the FOURTH day of Christmas we look at Haggai and his prophetic critique that spans four months. Haggai is one of the smaller...

Here we go! Famous Amos! Perhaps not as famous as he should be. This is a prophetic book that seems to get skipped over often. Amos is...

How do you have hope when the future you can picture is uncertain or even non-existent? Hope is an entirely future oriented experience....

On the first day of Christmas I wrote to you ONE introduction to the minor prophets.  Over the last semester, I have been reflecting on...

*This brief collection of Poems was written in an effort toward completion of the Certificate in Process thought and philosophy through...

“A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they are...

Sermon on the Mount shaped people could change the world...enjoy this new take on an ancient universal vision for flourishing.

“Now at the festival he released to them one prisoner, whomever they requested. And the one called bar-Abbas was bound together with...

I find myself often asking the question, “How did I get here?” There are times when I have stepped into a car late into the night and...

For the last four years, I have found myself constantly at odds with the current administration. While I often find myself in a...

Between the World and Me by Ta Nehisi Coates [Book] 13th [Documentary] Slavery by Another Name [Documentary] Collective works of Toni...