This past summer, I served as a camp chaplain for the fourth year in a row, and something clicked in a way it hadn’t before: I finally get the magic […]
When I started as the Director of the Ramona Youth Collaborative this past Easter, I had a strong sense that something special was beginning—but I couldn’t have predicted just how […]
A popular hymn at ordinations, Here I Am, Lord, focuses on one of the most powerful questions we can ask ourselves: “God, what are you calling me to do with […]
Unless you’ve gone through it, it’s hard to imagine the grueling experience of Marine Corps boot camp. Recruits are hundreds of miles away from home, maybe for the first time […]
A burning bush, angelic appearances, an overwhelming catch of fish—being ‘called’ in the Bible often involves miracles and supernatural circumstances. Mine did not. No divine voice boomed, “Become a vocational […]
The leadership of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego is aware of an allegation made on social media against the Rev. Roger Haenke, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in […]
I have heard it (and maybe said it myself) so many times in church: ‘don’t send it to committee.’ Whatever ‘it’ is, it is not uncommon for even the most […]
I have taken thousands of church-related photos that tell stories of radical hospitality, prayerful presence, and the magnetic joy of the church in action. Photographs are not just pictures; they […]
In Matthew, we get this picture of Jesus: “He called a child, whom he put among them, and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, […]
