A Trojan horse Christmas

IF THERE IS a war on Christmas, then the church is losing, and not for the reasons that are commonly cited. I don’t believe the church…

Pinball Thanksgiving

WHEN LIFE BEGINS to feel like a big game of pinball, with me the steel sphere getting bounced around from one thing to the next, I…

The animal who made me a little more human

I USED TO be one of those people who privately thought that pet-lovers mourning the loss of their animal just needed to get over it, already.…

Flappy pants, unflappable faith

WHEN WE WERE invited to light a candle in memory of someone who had made a deep impact on us, during our church’s All Saints’ Day…

Hope for flakes

ONE OF MY favorite lines in Anne Lamott’s pleasing, latest book, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy, is the observation that “the good news is that God has…