Sacred Meditations

The Ecumenical Mirage and the Path to True Unity

The Ecumenical Mirage and the Path to True Unity

Have you ever sat through a family dinner where everyone was technically in the same room but somehow miles apart? Phones glowing, conversations overlapping, an uncle arguing politics with a...

The Ecumenical Mirage and the Path to True Unity

Have you ever sat through a family dinner where everyone was technically in the same room but somehow miles apart? Phones glowing, conversations overlapping, an uncle arguing politics with a...

When the Roof Comes Off: Faith That Refuses to Be Polite

When the Roof Comes Off: Faith That Refuses to ...

There is a moment in every parent's life that I suspect is universal. Your child is sick, really sick, and the pediatrician's office is closed, and you are sitting in...

When the Roof Comes Off: Faith That Refuses to ...

There is a moment in every parent's life that I suspect is universal. Your child is sick, really sick, and the pediatrician's office is closed, and you are sitting in...

When God Sleeps

When God Sleeps

Have you ever watched someone sleep peacefully while everything around them seems to be falling apart? Perhaps it was a child napping during a thunderstorm, blissfully unaware of the rattling...

When God Sleeps

Have you ever watched someone sleep peacefully while everything around them seems to be falling apart? Perhaps it was a child napping during a thunderstorm, blissfully unaware of the rattling...

The Hand That Cannot Be Defiled

The Hand That Cannot Be Defiled

This happens almost every time I take my kids to the grocery store. I tell them not to touch anything. Don't "grab" whatever you want, especially not in the produce...

The Hand That Cannot Be Defiled

This happens almost every time I take my kids to the grocery store. I tell them not to touch anything. Don't "grab" whatever you want, especially not in the produce...

The High Cost of a Divided Soul

The High Cost of a Divided Soul

Imagine two homes sitting side by side on a steep California hillside in the heart of earthquake country. From the street, they look nearly identical: same stucco walls, same red...

The High Cost of a Divided Soul

Imagine two homes sitting side by side on a steep California hillside in the heart of earthquake country. From the street, they look nearly identical: same stucco walls, same red...

The Cluttered Room

The Cluttered Room

Have you ever invited someone into your home when you weren't quite ready for company? The dishes piled in the sink, laundry draped over the couch, yesterday's mail spread across...

The Cluttered Room

Have you ever invited someone into your home when you weren't quite ready for company? The dishes piled in the sink, laundry draped over the couch, yesterday's mail spread across...