Poem I open your letter thanking me for my financial and prayer support. I did neither. Your weeklong trip to Haiti changed your life. Your
“My whole life is a lie,” she sobbed in Spanish on her hospital bed. “I came here for a better life and have found nothing but disappointments.” María’s latest setback was an unexpected bout with appendicitis; I was visiting her as a volunteer chaplain …
The debate about abortion involves not just a medical procedure but also personal morality, corporate ethics, legal and human rights, privacy, money, medical autonomy and much more. In this complexity “pro-life” and “pro-choice” labels serve only to fever polarization that instead must be pre-empted …
She pulled out dry grass. Then she hopped into a bush to weave it in. Alerted to the new construction project, all of us kept tabs on it and celebrated as the robin, joined often by her mate, completed a fine round condo. Soon four eggs, colored, yes, robin’s-egg blue, nestled in it …
We believe in the sacredness of all life—from conception to natural death. But we need to find language other than “pro-life” and “pro-choice” to articulate our beliefs …
In 36 years of congregational and churchwide leadership I have observed that all of us are human in our behaviors, especially in church. I have often questioned whether congregational life is dominated by sociology more than theology. We tend to underrate our fallen, fragile natures in addressing spiritual issues …
