Full Stop

Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been going through something. I still don’t know how to name it, and I’m still having trouble even describing it. The best that I can do is to refer to it as an internal shift, though I’m still struggling to grasp what exactly is shifting. Here are aContinue reading “Full Stop”

My Least-Planned Sabbatical Has Many Plans, Actually

For all of May and June, I will be taking a sabbatical from my position at the UCC National Ministries. This was originally meant to take place this past fall, but those plans derailed, and I rescheduled it for now. This will be the third instance that I’ve been afforded sabbatical time. The two priorContinue reading “My Least-Planned Sabbatical Has Many Plans, Actually”

Third Week of Advent: Bing

Previously: Restart, Frankentree As I write this, my son is in the other room at his computer singing “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” over and over again. He must be listening to it on headphones as he does it. And it’s clearly the Bing Crosby version, because he’s doing his very bestContinue reading “Third Week of Advent: Bing”