I’ve known Cecelia Christmas for over a decade. We met when we worked as Teacher’s Aides at the childcare center on our college campus. She’s always been positive, warm, adventurous and sincere…

 One of these years, I’ll finally get a routine down for Advent. Really. Last year I was in the hospital for a third of December, and this year, I’ve been dealing with…

My stepmother Kathy playing at my brother’s wedding in October. Great post at Musings of a Hardlining Moderate about schmoopy Contemporary Christian Music: I’m fond of the criticism that too many worship…

 K and Z this summer in Netcong, NJ.   I read an interesting post by Rod Dreher that got me thinking about Evangelicalism, nature, the Arts and mysticism. He writes: … I…

 Me after the 8AM service on Sunday. All these pics are of my church, taken by me. Despite being Unapologetically Episcopalian… well, liking it on Facebook, I’ve been feeling something like sorrow…

  The Poverty of the Prosperity Gospel   This is how the Lausanne Theology Working Group, Africa chapter, defined the prosperity gospel at its consultations in Akropong, Ghana:   “We define prosperity…