Proverbs 3 says to not lean on our own understanding, and on this side of the deconstruction and reconstruction of my faith, I’m beginning to realize how important that advice is.

It’s easy to acknowledge what’s been taken away from us during this pandemic; it’s difficult to recognize what we’ve been given. Here are three questions that can help.

A daily prayer for May 11, 2020.

It has always been easy for me to find God in creation. I would like to tell you what I mean by this. Whenever I enter the woods or visit my favorite birding spots or the wetlands or the mountains or the ocean, whenever I am surrounded by creation, several things happen.

A daily prayer for May 10, 2020 (Mother’s Day).

The church has a long history of creating God in our own image rather than living into the shackle-breaking reality of being created in God’s image. We have much work yet to do in examining our role in racism and in the continued oppression and marginalization of our brothers and sisters.