Last Sunday my friend and Hartford Seminary colleague Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper did a beautiful and brilliant job of leading her congregation at Judson Memorial Church into a contemporary encounter with ...Read More
In October I left a church I love, and a city that felt like home, and a home that seemed too good to be true to come to New York for an exciting opportunity. Then, the week before Christmas, I learne...Read More
Bill used to say that exercise made him feel better. He was very devoted to it, going to the gym even through chemotherapy. Calling to cancel his gym membership was a clear sign that the end was near ...Read More
Rev. William Barber, the founder of the Moral Monday movement in North Carolina, wrote an open letter to the clergy who recently met and prayed with the president. It reads, in part: Dear Reverends Ja...Read More
One year ago today, I stopped praying. We had reached the place in Bill’s illness where it was clear that the miracle for which we had been praying was not going to happen. As impossibly painful as ...Read More
On Sunday, we will make a major announcement at Virginia-Highland Church. It is one of those wonderful surprises that makes your day and then makes you say, “Yikes! What do we do now?!?” T...Read More
