Shuck. Press. Purchase.
A cider press, a corn festival, and an old joke about politicians and money: a Christian reflection on political framing, Judith Butler, and evidence.
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No One Is Illegal on Stolen Land: Part One
The truth inside the slogan A Christian reflection in two parts Pour this one into a clear tumbler. The sentence needs to be seen all the way through: “No one is illegal on stolen land.” There is truth in the glass, enough truth to make refusal sound callous. There is sediment too. If the land
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No One Is Illegal on Stolen Land: Part Two
Having the cake and eating it A Christian reflection in two parts Take the second pour in a dessert glass, because this part comes with cake. The slogan has already given us two truths worth keeping. The shade begins when those truths are asked to carry more than they can bear: the land is condemned
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The Empty Chair
Consider this a glass of water poured before a meeting begins, the one people reach for while the agenda is still face down. Drink it slowly. The chair I imagined would not stay put, and it throws shade in every direction. It followed me into politics, classrooms, churches and courtrooms, and wherever it went, Christ
Fruit, Gifts, and Talents: Part One
What the Spirit grows, what the Spirit gives, and what we carry Welcome, fellow truth-seekers, to a two-part conversation. For this first pour, take down a teacup from the good china, the set that lived behind glass waiting for an occasion worthy of it. Hold it carefully, and then use it. The shade here is
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Fruit, Gifts, and Talents: Part Two
How the Spirit’s gifts take shape What the Spirit grows, what the Spirit gives, and what we carry The teapot is still warm from Part One, where we left the good dishes behind their glass and sorted what the Spirit grows, what the Spirit gives, and what we carry. This second pour is unadorned and
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Who Is Jesus? The Truth That Untangles Us
Drink slowly of John 8, where a crowd hears Jesus and misreads him at once, and speculate with me on the truth that untangles us. The video below dramatizes a scene from John chapter eight. Jesus tells a crowd that he is going where they cannot follow, and they mistake him immediately, wondering aloud whether
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Unforgiveness and the Murder of the Body, Soul and Heart
Hate is murder rehearsed in the heart that refuses to forgive. Some wine keeps too long. Consider this a flagon left sealed in the cellar, the way resentment keeps in a heart that will not forgive. We sip from the story of Cain, whose anger was left to age until it turned. The shade falls
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What Ceremony Is For in a Lonely Age
This one comes from the coffee urn at the back of the hall, the same urn that stands at receptions and visitations, poured into whatever mugs are closest. Sip it at the pace of a room where no one is rushing to leave. Allow me one caustic aside: we still love one another, we have
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Salt & Light Guided Meditation
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people
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