I was reminded this week of the first time I ever came to Chicago. I was in seminary and I had come out for a symposium on science and spirituality put on by McCormick seminary and the University of Chicago. I was presenting a paper on mental illness and the image of God – and…
That which we dare invoke to bless; Our dearest faith; our ghastliest doubt; He, They, One, All; within, without; The Power in darkness whom we guess; This is how Alfred, Lord Tennyson begins a section of In Memoriam (124) in which he wrestles with the seeming silence of God during tragedy, a struggle that seems…
When I was young I lived across the street from my grandparents and together they were one of the most important influences on the development of my life and character. My grandmother was a great grower of all things, and their yard was full of all sorts of beautiful flowering shrubs, fruit trees, grape vines,…
O God, take our minds and think through them, take our lips and speak through them, and take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen. Growing up, I do not remember a time when I was told that my older sister was adopted and I was my parents’ biological child. It was just a…