Tag: reflections
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Jesus didn’t come to make Christians
“Jesus didn’t come to make Christians.” It’s something I said, practically in passing, at a faith discussion group that I help facilitate in my neighborhood. I recall that the discussion was making a turn toward identity politics (Who is or isn’t a Christian) or confessional pride (as in saying, “I believe in Jesus” and really…
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Learning to be brave and mend with gold
There are two books that are actively on my mind now. This summer I started a book discussion group around the recently released (I think April 2026) We Mend With Gold by Kristin T. Lee. The subtitle of the book, An Immigrant Daughter’s Reckoning with American Christianity, says a lot. We’ve had one meeting about…
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Saving a thread
Earlier this week I came across a threads post that I very much resonated with. I would later learn in the comments that it was the result of a “conversation” someone had with Gemini to help him synthesize some of what he was writing and reading, and I found it to be just that: a…
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on place. and a visit.
Places matter to me. When I think about milestone moments in my life or “eras” where I situate a past self, I always imagine a place. And if I visit such a place, memories and images flood back. The first time I walked into my elementary school cafeteria as an adult, I recognized the place…
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hope?
I must confess I’m having a hard time hoping. I’m not sure where the world is turning. Sure, if you ask me the content of my hope and faith, I can tell you. I can tell you what I know in my head — in my understanding of the faith: the cross, the resurrection, the…
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reflections on year two: am i okay now?
I’ve delayed posting my annual reflection on My Story at King’s Cross Church — longer than I needed anyway. Last year, I made a series of posts, the final which I wrote in late-December out of necessity; it just took me that long to work through my thoughts and feelings. Last year when I reread…