On that sunny Tuesday morning twenty years ago, I was driving my minivan (which served as our household school bus) down I-35 from our home in Blaine toward MN36, planning (as always) to go east to the exit that would take us to the elementary school. It was an old …
Pentecost rolls around May 31st on the liturgical calendar, the end of May in 2020, 50 days after Easter. This week, catching up on On Being podcasts, I heard Krista Tippett’s interview with Ocean Vuong that aired on April 30th. However, the interview itself happened March 8th. As she noted …
Back when we entered this season, the congregation of which I’m a part embarked on a series of Mid-Week Reflections on Luther’s Marks of the Church. One week after Ash Wednesday, March 4th, I spoke about the Mark of Suffering, little guessing what the unfolding month would bring. By the …
It’s been a few weeks since the sentencing after the verdict in the trial of Mohammed Noor in Minneapolis … for shooting an unarmed citizen while on duty as a Minneapolis police officer. That shooting happened in July 2017, not long after a jury in Ramsey County found former Saint …
About a month ago, we marked the first anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In a little less than two months, it will be the anniversary of the shooting at Santa Fe High School near Houston, Texas. Next month, it will be …
Now that all the shouting is over, can we take a pause and take a collective breath? Can we reflect on what just happened and talk about it? I think Dr. Christine Blassey Ford told more of the truth than Judge Brent Kavanaugh. I also hope none of us is …
A weekly listing of articles, audio clips, and other tidbits I’ve encountered that seemed interesting, insightful, or otherwise useful I’ve been on vacation … and then the usual catch-up when back at work. Wow, has there been a lot happening! There’s so much to pick from, but this is …
One of the joys of parenthood is introducing your children (as they reach appropriate ages) to significant pieces of culture from before their time (significant, at least, in the eyes of the parents). A few summers back, my husband and I seized on the window of opportunity (our children being …
A weekly listing of articles, audio clips, and other tidbits I’ve encountered that seemed interesting, insightful, or otherwise useful Wow! That was some week. Before taking on THE issue of the week that was, there are some other things that may have been lost in the roar that really …
A weekly listing of articles, audio clips, and other tidbits I’ve encountered that seemed interesting, insightful, or otherwise useful There is something of theme this week: divisions Anyone else find it amazing that a sense of common ground, shared reality keeps getting harder to find? People who get their …