Once a month I conduct what I call A Ritual of Gratitude and Letting Go. It....
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Memento Mori (poem – video)
If all you do with this post is spend 4:15 minutes watching this clip, that is....
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Returning to Langston: Poems of Our Times
When I preached on the Sunday a week after Mike Brown was murdered in Ferguson,....
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The Gender Spectrum: A Workshop, A Blogpost, A Poem
"Sexuality is who you go to bed with. Gender identity is who you to bed....
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My Mother's Daughter: Semi Guest Post
Last month, I submitted a poem I wrote in 2008 to a poetry contest honoring....
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Open Adoption: Wounds or Scars? Blogging or Poetry?
Being an adoptive parent has been a huge part of my identity and source of my....
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Making the Most of Muck (sermon)
(I usually post my sermons the same day but life ~ and some ambivalence ~....