

Celtic Fire
There was a small grass fire near my house a few weeks ago. I drive past the hill that caught fire nearly every day on my way to work. No...


Sojourners
When I sat down to write my first Celtic Way blog I was excited, but when my fingers touched the key board I became riddled with anxiety....


What the Owls Are Saying
A pair of great horned owls lives in the meadow just beyond my porch, and I’ve taken to checking in with those wisdom birds when my life...


Behold, It Is Good
…And God saw everything that God had made, and behold, it was very good. This phrase is repeated several times throughout the Christian...


Troubled
I remember this. Or at least days like this. This is the kind of frigid which is much deeper than just plain cold. If you pulled on one...


Thin Places: Black History Month & the Agonizing Jesus
It was one of those spaces that Celtic people might refer to as “Thin”. The Last Supper was over, but Jesus hadn’t been arrested yet. He...


Winter: The Call To Slow Down & Notice
I grew up in the Midwest. Winter in the Midwest is not easy, nor is it particularly pretty. The hallmarks of a Midwestern winter are not...


The God of Disorientation
There he sat in a trance, being tempted by none other than the God he had dedicated his life to obey. “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”...


A Beautiful Letting Go
My family and I had only been on the road for about 45 minutes before we started saying things like, “Look at that!” and “How beautiful!”...


Welcoming Strangeness
There are a lot of ways to speak about hospitality, probably as many ways as there are to be hospitable. But, I particularly love...