Christianity

Change, next steps, and gratitude

There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with problems that can be the impetus for our growth. — Rev. Fred Rogers

God on the Move to Divest

It is time for the church to wake up. There is nothing worse than sleeping through a revolution. — Diana Butler Bass

Good Friday?

Today marks Good Friday, a day in the Christian calendar when we remember that Jesus died.

Today reminds me of the times that I have seen the cross in churches and forgotten that Jesus’ body once hung upon it. I mistakenly see the cross as a shape— rather than a physical marking…

Organizing for justice in a wayword world

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will…

Death and Life in the Borderlands

On Sunday morning, November 4, I sat in a church pew made of adobe clay for the first time in two…

Arriving to Austin

In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it. — Marianne Williamson

First steps: How did I get here?

If you asked me when I entered college where I thought I’d land after graduation, my first answer would not have been Texas. I certainly wouldn’t have predicted working for the church, either.