For Boodah…
What does the enneagram have to say about a grown man who takes the time to put a tutu on a chihuahua?
The stars, how about the stars? I wonder, what was his rising sign, or his dominant house?
Do you t...
For Susanne
Last night I couldn’t sleep. I was clawing away at a fading memory of something so insignificant: my high school boyfriend’s youngest brother’s name. I finally got it at about 4am- Mark- I proudly proclaim as i...
Threshold
Day in and day out-for years-he came into our kitchen holding a can of soup, slowly opening it and then eating it directly out of the container, cold.
At first we would lovingly say, “Richard, why don’t yo...
Dazzling and Cruel Transitions Out of Homelessness
There is an aspect of health and wholeness that cannot be defined by Maslow or medicine or psychology during transitions like this.
How Should the Church Respond to the Tents That Line Our Urban Streets?
Until we begin to ascribe to the people we’re attempting to “serve" the same kinds of complexities, nuances, kindnesses, and curiosity that we ascribe and acknowledge in ourselves, we will continue to create models of care that simply do not work.