Ten years after the Camino, still learning to be a pilgrim

This fall, keep an eye on the Christians everyone assumed had already made up their minds.

On grace, self-acceptance, and becoming whole.

On grace, self-acceptance, and becoming whole.

On grace, self-acceptance, and becoming whole.

What happens when Christians stop seeing creation primarily through the lens of sin and start seeing it through the lens of blessing, goodness, beauty, and delight?

What happens when Christians stop seeing creation primarily through the lens of sin and start seeing it through the lens of blessing, goodness, beauty, and delight?

When we can no longer go on, when everything collapses around us, silence may become the very place where God finds us.

What Jung, Kierkegaard, and August Landmesser reveal about the courage to stand apart.

What would the Christian faith look like if the Church understood itself not as a possessor or guardian of the sacred, but as its steward — a container for encounters with the Holy?

What would the Christian faith look like if the Church understood itself not as a possessor or guardian of the sacred, but as its steward — a container for encounters with the Holy?

What would the Christian faith look like if the Church understood itself not as a possessor or guardian of the sacred, but as its steward — a container for encounters with the Holy?

What would the Christian faith look like if the Church understood itself not as a possessor or guardian of the sacred, but as its steward — a container for encounters with the Holy?

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How could Christians—people who worship the crucified one who said, “Put away your sword” (Matthew 26:52)—march into trenches believing God was on their side as they slaughtered one another?

How could Christians—people who worship the crucified one who said, “Put away your sword” (Matthew 26:52)—march into trenches believing God was on their side as they slaughtered one another?

What Jung, Kierkegaard, and August Landmesser reveal about the courage to stand apart.

What Jung, Kierkegaard, and August Landmesser reveal about the courage to stand apart.

What Jung, Kierkegaard, and August Landmesser reveal about the courage to stand apart.

Why real love never tries to own another person.

Active Waiting Seventh Sunday after Pentecost/12th July 2026 “[T]hose who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like...

On the way. Presbyterian minister (PCUSA). Jungian psychoanalyst (C.G. Jung Institut-Zürich), missing St. Andrews. Writing at the intersection of Christian faith and depth psychology. "What is a life,...

John Witherspoon insisted that the health of a nation depends upon the moral character of its people and its leaders. Can freedom survive without character?

For John Witherspoon, the American experiment depends on more than ideals, it depends on the character of its people - and that's complicated.

For John Witherspoon, the American experiment depended on more than ideals—it depended on the character of its people.

The United States of America is … so many things, horrific and magnificent, good and evil, promising and cursed

Wonderfully Made Sixth Sunday after Pentecost/28 June 2026/ Pride Sunday In many churches (certainly not all), the Sunday closest to June 28 is Pride Sunday.

A peregrino on the way. Exploring the depths. Presbyterian minister. Jungian psychoanalyst (C.G. Jung Institut-Zürich/IAAP), missing St. Andrews. "What is a life, and what is it for?" ~James E. Loder

Communion Trinity Sunday | 31 May 2026 One of the greatest revolutions in Christian thought occurred when early Greek church fathers, writing in fourth-century...

Even for nonbelievers like me, the pope has become a reassuring – and all too rare – voice of moral clarity

For the millionth time: America’s founders didn’t want it to be a Christian nation.

Sixth Sunday of Easter/ 10th May 2026   With Pentecost coming in two weeks, the lectionary turns to the person and work of the Holy Spirit.