I wrote this prayer to frame a class on Non-Violent Physical Crisis....
Blessing for a Newborn Baby
In every birth, blessed is the wonder. In every creation, blessed is the new....
Crack in DC: Continuing to Witness Resurrection and Redemption
A few days ago, I listened to the interview of Ruben Castaneda, author of a new book, S Street Rising: Crack, Murder and Redemption in D.C. It’s a memoir of a neighborhood and a city during one of its most stressed times. It is also the story of the....
Imagining a better abortion conversation
I have not been blogging much, given my current obligations elsewhere. This....
On Not Knowing the Soul
This was delivered on June 23, 2014, as the Chapel Service as part of my....
From the Land of On-Call: A Day in the Life of a CPE Student
Twenty-four hours on-call. At the hospital. Not as long as one of my colleagues who this very same weekend is doing forty-eight (yes, two days straight ~ not to mention Monday through Friday on either side). This, apparently, is the life of the Clinical....
Meditation on Right Speech
I notice the thought. I am right. I notice the impulse. I want to say it. I....
Metta for Strangers on My Path
For three years, I had a job in the city where I am spending my summer....
Sexual Assault Prevention: A Mother Discloses to a Daughter
*trigger alert: sexual assault* Mom, I don’t plan on getting raped… So said college-bound daughter, age-appropriate disdain in her voice. Unbidden, these words jumped out of my mouth, Neither did I. Time stopped. There was no room for....
My Mother's Daughter: Semi Guest Post
Last month, I submitted a poem I wrote in 2008 to a poetry contest honoring....