As I sit here writing, there is hail the size of a dime beating vigorously against my windows and the rain has been coming down in torrents all morning. I was hoping to pick my sister up from the airport a little before noon, but O’Hare has cancelled almost all of its landings for the … Continue reading Message: Weathering the Storm… →

The drama of the passage from Acts assigned for this Sunday, with its rushing winds and tongues of flame, is the most familiar image associated with Pentecost. Where God once confused human language and scattered human communities across the face of the earth as a response to human pride and isolationism (Gen 11:1-9), at Pentecost … Continue reading Message: Proven wrong… →

In the golden years just after college and before graduate school I met one of my best friends in the world. She and I have known each other for over a decade now, and when people ask us how we met we always laugh as my friend decides which version of the story to tell. … Continue reading Message: Choosing the Unchosen… →