Learning to Eat Ice Cream

Posted in Life and Living, Pop Culture, Relationships1 Comment

“Hidden Brain” is one of my favorite podcasts–I highly recommend it. I just listened to a fabulous episode today on savoring good experiences: you can find it here (along with some suggestions for further reading): https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/you-2-0-slow-down/ I wanted to pull out a couple points that I thought were especially helpful. The title of this post…… Continue reading Learning to Eat Ice Cream

Embodiment at the Parliament

Posted in Bodies, Church, Creation, Ethics, Hope, Incarnation, Life and Living, LoveLeave a comment

The 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions opened yesterday, and I was pleased to be on a panel with two of my colleagues, Evangeline Anderson-Rajkumar and Kris Kvam, on Embodied Justice from a Lutheran perspective. I wanted to share a bit from my presentation, because I think the concept of embodiment is so important for…… Continue reading Embodiment at the Parliament

Rekindle the Gift Within You

Posted in Bible, Church, Hope, Imagination, Life and Living, Religion, Social Issues, Social Justice, Theology1 Comment

I want to share the verses from Jeremiah that are guiding our work at Wartburg Seminary in our new strategic plan, “Rooted and Renewing.” Blessed are those who trust in the Lord,   whose trust is the Lord.They shall be like a tree planted by water,   sending out its roots by the stream.It shall not fear when heat comes,   and its leaves shall…… Continue reading Rekindle the Gift Within You

What’s Right about Organized Religion

Posted in Church, Interfaith, Life and Living, Social Issues, Social Justice1 Comment

Tish Harrison Warren has a regular column in The New York Times about faith and society; she deals with a wide variety of topics, and I almost always find it interesting. The article this week was titled “Faith Communities are Still a Force for Good,” and I really wanted share some aspects of it. [If…… Continue reading What’s Right about Organized Religion

Commemorating Juneteenth

Posted in Africa, Bible, History, Hope, Imagination, Life and Living, Racism, Religion, Scripture, Social Issues, Social Justice2 Comments

Juneteenth celebrated the proclamation issued to enslaved African Americans by Union general Gordon Granger, in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865, that they were free, and the Civil War had ended. General Granger’s announcement put into effect the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been issued nearly two and a half years earlier. From the website http://www.juneteenth.com:…… Continue reading Commemorating Juneteenth

The Caterpiller into the Butterfly

Posted in Animals, Church, Creativity, Easter, Hope, Imagination, Life and LivingLeave a comment

Photo by Chris F on Pexels.com “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, [God] calls a butterfly.” ~ Richard Bach.  I was in a nail salon last week [where there was quite a profusion of Christian-themed messages, by the way], and this quote was displayed in a little frame in the window. I actually hadn’t…… Continue reading The Caterpiller into the Butterfly

Truth & Healing, and Indian Boarding Schools

Posted in Bodies, Ethics, Grief, History, Life and Living, Politics, Racism, Religion, Social Issues, Social Justice, Suffering, Violence2 Comments

Those in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America might be aware that the Church has just launched a new movement, the “Truth and Healing Movement,” which intends to support the work of the ELCA to explore the “true history and current realities of Indigenous people.” Find more about it here: https://elca.org/Our-Work/Congregations-and-Synods/Ethnic-Specific-and-Multicultural-Ministries/Indigenous-Ministries-and-Tribal-Relations/Truth-and-Healing-Movement Included in this movement…… Continue reading Truth & Healing, and Indian Boarding Schools