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As you indicated in your memo to the Council of Delegates, I have no choice but to resign.

I have lived the academic calendar long enough to know that the year turns over, not in January, but in…

Reading Pulitzer Prize winner Eliza Griswold’s new book, Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American…

It seems like more people I know and respect are stepping away from the pastorate – sometimes even stepping away…

He ushered us into the sanctuary, to a reserved section up front, smiled warmly and gestured with his hand for…

We have been conditioned to think of ourselves as "consumers," an identity sometimes more pertinent to our daily lives than…

The last thing we ever want to do is dwell in the hard times. We long for healing to speed…

Remembering includes the important process of leaving things out in order to prioritize and make room. And remembering always includes…

Elizabeth and I met in 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky, where we gathered for our creative writing program’s spring residency. Having been…

I’m right a lot. Just ask me and I’ll tell you it’s true. Or you can ask my husband. He’ll tell you…