When Andrew began showing an interest in music, Todd and I decided to enroll him in piano lessons.
One of the things I love about spending time with young people in Confirmation is that they will ask questions adults have sometimes learned not to ask out loud.
Being part of a clergy couple means Todd and I have lived in a lot of houses as our appointments have changed, and every new parsonage has come with an inheritance.
When Todd proposed to me, he used his great-grandmother’s ring, made in 1911.
There are people whose words stay with us long after the conversation has ended.
All Saints Sunday always turns my attention toward the people who helped make my faith possible, especially the ones who would never have called themselves saints.
I grew up in the flat part of North Texas, where on a clear day you could see the Dallas skyscrapers from twenty miles away, so when I moved to New York’s Hudson Valley, the foot of the Catskill Mountains on my drive to work took my breath away.
Years ago, during a children’s message, I asked the kids what they thought God looked like.
There is a particular kind of anxiety in waiting for a response.