Archive - the best kind of weird

A messy first Christmas

One of my favorite things right now is dwelling in the messiness of the first Christmas. Maybe it's because I'm mama to a toddler this year. Christmas…

Dec 6, 2023 •

November 2023

Custom Infographics for Christ the King and Advent

Hi friends! Trying out something new as I move through my non-active-pastoring season of life: content creation. I’ve created infographics about Christ…

Nov 16, 2023 •

June 2023

Meditation: The Church & The State

As we approach July 4, 2023 — a very different Independence Day than 2020 or 2021 or, really, 2022 all were — I wanted to re-share a meditation I put…

Jun 30, 2023 •

April 2023

Litany Settings for Easter Vigil Readings

Call & response versions of some of our favorite stories

Apr 3, 2023 •

December 2022

Family Plans: a poem for the longest night

I want it known I had a plan. And this -- this was not the plan. The plan was small and simple and concrete: a good life, a righteous life, a quiet…

Dec 22, 2022 •

Sermon on Matthew 1:18-25: "A Blue-Collar Kind of Guy"

Advent is supposedly blue for Mary. But Joseph merits some celebration too.

Dec 13, 2022 •

How to Ruin the Christmas Pageant

Every year I post this on Facebook. Now you get it in Substack!

Dec 7, 2022 •

June 2022

Expanding & Contracting

the story of Pentecost

Jun 5, 2022 •

May 2022

Women of Valor: A Prayer for Mother's Day

Mother's Day is complicated at best.

May 4, 2022 •

April 2022

This is the best kind of weird, a newsletter about envisioning church with accessibility, intentionality, & integrity.

Apr 25, 2022 •

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