Tropical Eucharist

I’ve been sitting on a porch facing the Pacific Ocean for hours in the past five days. My overalI impression is a vast expanse of blues, greens, jungle, water, sky–a panorama of “oohs” and “ahs.” This morning an air plant on a tree...

Prayers from A Plane and A Jungle

I have never posted from my phone before; so this is partly a test to see if I can post from out of the country from a teeny keyboard. Looks like it might work. Prayers, I know, work from anywhere so this one started on a plane to Costa Rica and finished in a jungle...

“Help!” Prayer

I’ve been reading Anne Lamott’s slender but buff new book called Help,Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers. As usual, she is funny, articulate, irreverent, holy, honest, crass, devout, perceptive…all at the same time. Except for a few direct...

Another Advent Calendar

Here is my friend Connie D’s Advent calendar. Since this is the 10th day of Christmas, closing in on this Sunday, Epiphany–the arrival of the wise men, the “shining forth” of the Gospel–, it seems appropriate to post these candles. If...

Wheaton, IL and Italy

On January 19, I’ll be leading a Praying in Color Workshop® from 9am-noon at a church in Wheaton, Illinois. The workshop is sponsored by Church of the Savior and located at Pleasant Hill Community Church. Click here for the details. If you know anyone in the...