I was out of spiritual fuel. So I went where they make it. — Hey, kids! (we’re all children of G*d, right?) it’s been a while since my last post, so I’ve called RevDrSparky back into service to walk with you through the absurdity. I am so glad to be still on the planet — which is never a given, day to day —…

Another reluctant poem for seekers and believers — Humbly mumbling my sorrow and shame I ask for permission to call Your true name: Speaker of galaxies; Mother of time; Father of energy; Breath of creation; Matrix of living things (deep love and real flesh and one earth to share); Eternal soul in a person like me; Born here but…

Can we please have one now? — Today is Pentecost, the Christian version that originated from the extraordinary story reported in Acts 2:1–21. Apparently, on that day, a whole crowd of Spirit-struck believers were speaking in different languages, but everyone was hearing in their own language. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire…

But I think I’m finally next in the queue — In September of 2019, I had a mountaintop experience at the top of an actual mountain, at the beautiful monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe. There, on my first ever spiritual retreat, I felt a true call to return to the ministry I had left behind. I was sure God…

Religion for the real world — When the pandemic closed the churches, it felt like being kicked out of the Garden again. Desperate to stay alive, congregations invented online services overnight, and now virtual church is here to stay. But where is here? We are worshippers tabernacled (yup, you can verb it; I looked it up)…