Getting Better With The Church
The Church is the bride of Christ, and she is an amazing beauty. Her teeth may be crooked, but her smile is sexier than Hell. Her eyes are so bright…
Blending Pray and Play
One of my favorite new things at The Winds blends well the motif of praying and playing at the same time. Part- entertainment and part-therapy, our video confession booth was…
WHY YOU SHOULD PLAY
WHY YOU SHOULD PLAY You may not know this about me, but I’m dreadfully serious. I’m prone to displays of intensity, anger, and power. My chosen profession doesn’t diminish this….
Show Your Scars, Not Your Sores
We live in a culture that festishizes our wounds. You’ve been hurt? Tell the world. Someone betrayed you? Brandish your victimization. But we forget that wounds are ugly. We forget…
Cynicism and Naivety
When I speak of virtue or happiness or God’s plan to heal the world, there are always those who mistakenly believe I have never seriously considered the flaws of the…
Good and Godly Work
I have been a scuba diver for many years and have gone on hundreds of dives across North America. Three have been environmental rescue dives. I visited sites in crisis…
Burning Passion
Every fire needs two kinds of fuel: kindling and firewood. Kindling burns easily, but is quickly consumed. Our passions have kindling—ideas, insights, role models, or materials that cause our imaginations…
Vagrants, Vagabonds, Tourists, and Resident-Aliens
Zygmunt Bauman was one of the greatest sociologists of the 20th century. One of his favorite means of talking about the ways we interact was to distinguish between “tourists” and…
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