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Sursum Corda
I dreamt of my father last night. I was on a couch in the middle of a wonderful conversation with a dear and intimate friend, when I looked up and discovered that the wall before us had given way and… Continue reading
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Insist on Joy
“Depressed people never change the world” — Mitri Raheb Despite it all, I will insist on joy. I will drink in wonder in the natural world, in the miracle of my own body, in the faces of my children, glowing… Continue reading
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On Gratitude: A Poem
for Thomas You know that moment when the drug hits the neurons in your brain and you register that, finally, blissfully, the pain has gone, and freedom fills the space left empty by its previous persistence, horizons open upon the… Continue reading
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An Easter Discipline
You have, perhaps, heard of a Lenten discipline. This past Lent was my fifth one where I didn’t take on a discipline of any kind in particular. I didn’t fast from a luxury or hold fast to a prayer or… Continue reading
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White-ish, Part IV: The Cross I Bear
A note to my readers:A long time ago, I published a blogpost in which I referred to myself as “sort of” white. I got an inordinate amount of feedback, both positive and negative, some just curious, some weirdly aggressive, about… Continue reading
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Let It Shine: Soccer Edition
It was an incredibly hot day for my kids’ usual soccer practice. Texas is always hot from about May to mid-October but this was the kind of heat that felt suffocating. I only set up my lawn chair and already… Continue reading
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Operation Passover Cleansing
An essay in poem form. American Independence Day, late at night. I learned today – or was it yesterday? – from a book of fiction about a fact I didn’t know. In April of 1948 there was a strategic and… Continue reading
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Our Thriving Church
There are those in the upper echelons of The Episcopal Church who have taken up an anxious refrain: “The Church is dying; the Church is dying!” they claim, like a Greek chorus of Chicken Littles. And they take our wealth… Continue reading
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Voices Heard and Unheard
A Homily for the Compline for Palestine at the 81st General Convention of The Episcopal Church Jeremiah 31:15-17Matthew 2:13-18 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. “A voice is heard in… Continue reading
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A Prayer for Those in Rafah
To you, my loves, in Rafah… I cannot pray for your life, your survival, or even the lack of your suffering. For already your suffering knows no end. And, for reasons I cannot comprehend, prayers don’t work that way. Ask… Continue reading
The Thankful Priest - Leyla King 