Pride Month as a Queer Person of Faith
Pride Month is something that can be tricky for anyone who’s discerning and naming their identity, but perhaps it’s the most
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June 23, 2021
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To My Pen Pal, With Love
I have written before about how much I love writing letters. They give me great joy to send and receive. I usually do them
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June 1, 2021
Changing the Words and Keeping the Story
After many years of wanting to write a book that’s part memoir, part stories of my journey as a hospital chaplain and how the
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May 10, 2021
The Intersection of Poetry and Healing
“I believe inconvenient survivors. I believe survivors I am told not to believe. I believe disabled survivors. I believe
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April 14, 2021
Book Review | All of This is For You: A Little Book of Kindness by Ruby Jones
In this complicated world, we’re often searching for small, simple messages that can give us hope and comfort us as we
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March 17, 2021
The Sacred Rite of Touch
I spent September 2019 to June 2020 doing a hospital chaplaincy residency in Minnesota, many miles away from my family in New
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January 20, 2021
Choosing an Intention Word Each Year Helped Heal Me
I don’t do New Year’s resolutions. Every January 1st, I politely yet firmly invite the whole New Year’s resolution machine to
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December 26, 2020
The Vulnerability of Joy
Joy feels very vulnerable to me right now. This was a statement I wrote on Facebook, one status of many throughout the day on
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September 26, 2020
It’s Been Almost 20 Years – A Prayer of Remembrance
“Remembrance begins with deep, personal identification. It begins with remembering the affliction of [others], and marking
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September 11, 2020
That’s What She Said | Choosing Radical Acceptance to Soothe Grief
I have long been fascinated by dreams and their interpretations. A global pandemic and quarantine has brought my dreaming
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May 27, 2020
