Daily Bread

When I was twenty, I spent a month at the southwest tip of India, part of it in an elephant sanctuary with very little electricity.

Today, the United States marks its 250th birthday, the semiquincentennial of a country whose relationship to its own founding has always been complicated.

For the last eight years or so, our family has taken a short trip down to Galveston right after school lets out.

The summer before I entered seminary, I received a grant from the Fund for Theological Exploration

When I was little, my dad wanted us to see as much of the wonder of the world as we possibly could.

Rain: the word invokes so many images.

I’ll be honest. I forced my parents to get an iPhone.

I will be honest — my gardening skills are questionable.

I am looking forward to the end of the month when KJ and Kennedy learn to swim.

My great-niece Kennedy is one of God’s wonderful works.