Today is Ash Wednesday. More than 70 Episcopal parishes in 18 states will bring Ash Wednesday to the streets, kicking off the Lenten season with a twist.They’ll offer the Christian sign of repentance — a smudged cross of ashes on the forehead — to anyone who seeks it in train...

I have lived a lot of my life on a face value level.  I hope that if you know me personally you would see me live out what I profess as belief.  I have always hoped this for other people also and honestly I have an expectation of it.  This has caused me some pain over the years because I...

There are many stories in Scripture that helped form the foundational elements of my faith. These stories were so entwined with the inscape of my convictions, that not only did I need them to speak to a greater Truth; I needed them to be literally, historically and factually accurate. I needed...

Franciscan Monk, Richard Rohr in his book of the same title. When the phrase of everything belongs came across my radar a few years ago, I applied it to things that I felt comfortable with. Does Buddhism belong? Does divorce? Job loss? Well that kind of list could go on for a long time with...

I am beginning to believe I should keep my mouth shut for maybe the rest of my life as far as what I know and what I don’t know. Anyone that knows me, knows how absurd that is, but what I’m really trying to say is everyday I realize how much I didn’t know the day before! Or...