Originally published: May 21, 2025“For all people who were ignorant of God were foolish by nature; and they were unable from the good things that are seen to know the one who exists.” (Wisdom of Solomon 13:1)There is so much beauty in the world.The blaze of a sunrise.The rhythm of the sea.The miracle of a…
Originally published: May 19, 2025“Who has learned your counsel, unless you have given wisdom and sent your holy spirit from on high?”—Wisdom 9:17There are days when even the most capable among us feel uncertain. When the weight of responsibility, the noise of the world, or the complexity of our own hearts leaves us aching for…
Originally published: May 16, 2025“Wisdom is radiant and unfading, and she is easily discerned by those who love her, and is found by those who seek her.” (Wis. 6:12)She does not hide.Wisdom does not play games, does not withdraw into shadows or dwell behind locked doors. She waits—patiently, graciously, radiantly—at the gate of your heart….
Originally published: May 15, 2025There is a quiet kind of warning in Jesus’ words here—quiet, but firm. Not shouted, but deeply grounded. He is not interested in surface-level spirituality. This is heart work. Root work. Foundation work.He begins with the absurd image of the blind leading the blind—two people heading for disaster, neither aware enough…
Originally published: May 13, 2025Today’s passage from the Wisdom of Solomon is resting heavy on my heart. It reads like a whisper from the ancient world into our own, and yet it thunders with startling clarity:“Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us…”In recent days, as I’ve sat…
Originally Published: May 12, 2025This morning, I sat in the warmth of the sun, my Bible open, the sounds of spring surrounding me, and the Wisdom of Solomon pierced my soul.“Let us lie in wait for the righteous man… he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions.”How ancient, and yet how painfully contemporary these…
Originally published: April 25, 2025Recently, I was asked, “Who is your favorite theologian?”I smiled and answered without hesitation — my colleagues.Not because the greats—Augustine, Aquinas, Julian, Barth, Bonhoeffer—haven’t shaped me.Not because I don’t find wisdom in books worn thin with study.But because theology, at its heart, is not only written — it is lived.It is…
Originally published: April 24, 2025I am not a director of things,but a witness to the breaking.Not a strategist of systems,but a steward of stories.I do not run an enterpriseI carry the oilthat anoints the broken places.I am a priest.I walk not on carpeted boardrooms,but on holy groundbarefoot,breath held,heart cracked open wideto let the Spirit through.I…
Originally Published: April 23, 2025We’ve all walked itthe road to Emmaus.Weary from the week,discouraged by the headlines,wondering if hope is still alive.Like the two disciples,we rehearse our disappointments,naming all the thingsthat didn’t go the way we thought they would.We try to make sense of a worldthat crucifies love and buries justice.And yet—even in our confusion,even…
Originally published: April 22, 2025Today’s Gospel is one of promise spoken in the language of love. Jesus, aware of what lies ahead, assures his disciples that although he is going, he will not leave them abandoned. He offers the presence of the Advocate—the Holy Spirit—to dwell within them, to be their comforter, counselor, and companion…