Can we enfold other people in the way we long to be enfolded?

I didn’t know the human heart could hold so much love before I met this congregation.

The only way we survive this modern agony is together.

Can I love all of me, even the peevish parts?

I choose to believe in the God who makes me kinder.

Our family secret is soul-sucking depression.

We all want to feel at home, somewhere, somehow....

Pleasure is one of the ways we know when we are free.

Once, during my ministerial internship, a woman I’ll call Clara came up to me during the hustle and bustle before the Sunday service. I knew that Clara struggled with anxiety; now, in great distress, she told me how anxious she was and that she didn’t know what to do. She was frantic, and I...

People of faith are experts in human kindness.

People find hope in the faith that they're held by something larger than themselves.

Mental illness is a spiritual problem as well as a psychiatric one.

Mental illnesses are sometimes called “no-casserole diseases.” People don’t bring casseroles to homes where someone is hospitalized for mental problems.

In a world of scarcity, interconnection and mutual aid become critical for survival.

Cultures of gratitude must also be cultures of reciprocity.

Respect one another, support one another, bring your gift to the world and receive the gifts of others, and there will be enough for all.

There’s never been a time in the United States history when black rebellions did not spark existential fear among white people.

The power to choose is the power of life in the midst of brokenness.

Water sustains, gives, and yields to / Life.

Love cannot fix everything, but it can keep us company.