I am preparing to go on a pilgrimage with The Academy for Spiritual Formation. We'll be traveling to Ireland in early July, visiting...

Each day I see the legacy of hatred Written across my screen, Displayed in videos. It enters my car in voices on the radio. Fists raised...

Today is the feast day of St. Columba, the Irish monk who established the community of Iona in 565. Let me bless almighty God,whose power...

How can we Withstand The chaos The unravelling of Sanity Values Order Some days it feels that We are so broken We can never be healed And...

Yesterday in The Upper Room Chapel we held a service of celebration for Alive Now, the beloved publication which began in 1971 and ceased...

In this season of blooms, The hard work Of birthing, growing, transformation, Forgotten in the moment of metamorphosis. God's miracle of...

In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone. - St. John of the Cross

I step outside the airport And greet the Oklahoma sky. Hello, sky. It's been a long time Since I stood under you And marveled at your...

Dear Diary, I finally found out what Mom was doing Up There On the Table for A Very Very Long Time. Love, Jack

I sit and write, Preparing to go home To the place of my birth, my nurturing, To Oklahoma, landscape of my heart. Big sky and brilliant...

Last Sunday morning, I was preaching at Edgehill United Methodist Church, the church that's been my home since 1979. I was filling in for...

Join your spirits with us today as we celebrate, honor, and release Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Tradition. We will be...

Dear Diary, Mom and I took walk and it turned out Very Exciting. We were almost home and the Very Big and Scary Dog got loose from his owner and started running towards us. He Chased Me Around Mom about three times and his leash tied her up. I was screaming and screaming and people started coming from all the houses. Mom’s feet were tied up by the Big Dog’s leash, so she fell down backwards in the street and then the Very Big and Scary Dog couldn’t go anywhere. The Big Dog’s

Today it happened. The issue of Alive Now arrived. I read the Managing Editor's introduction inside the front cover and the "Last Page"...

Dear Diary, There was This Tail. It belonged to Jack. But he left it right there in front of me. Right above the bed where I was sleeping. I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t help myself. I couldn’t resist. But every time I moved closer to The Tail, Mom sounded Very Angry. I would never hurt The Tail. But I wanted to pull it Just A Little Bit. Then Jack moved. And The Tail moved, too. Oh Well. Maybe next time. Love, Arya

Christmas Eve, Holy night. Memories creep into My mind. Smells of evergreen And candles, lit. The worn, waxed chancel In a church...

Grief sneaks up on me, cunningly disguising itself so I can't see it coming. Or maybe I see through its costumes and just don't want to...

I am thinking of you today, Dad, On this day when you crossed through the thin space To join the saints who had preceded you: Mom, Holt,...

Thirty years ago today I joined the staff of The Upper Room as assistant editor of Alive Now magazine. I was awarded the generous,...

For beauty, friendship, and hope. For justice, prophets, and healers. For eyes to see and hearts to love. For peace and wisdom and...