So what does the story of Pentecost have to say to us? Maybe this year more than any other, it sounds like a religious story whose meaning doesn’t extend beyond a Zoom sermon. Yes, this day marks the culmination of… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Language and Tongues

Dear Jesus, Hope this finds you well in these sad and troubled times. I’m sure you are busy as so many are sick, grieving, dying. I will be brief. I’ve been reading your prayer this week, the long one from… Read moreThe Redemption Project – One

Stephen, I guess, probably made the situation worse. What he said was true, and he bravely spoke truth to power. But, maybe there was a less…inflammatory way of saying it. Or, maybe, I’m just sensitive to tone. I get it…. Read moreThe Redemption Project – Stone Throwing

The other night, the light already turned out, I crawled into bed. I’d already put my glasses in the nightstand; so, the moon, shining directly on my pillow, was a blurry, white orb through the window. Grabbing my glasses, the… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Luna

I’m guilty of supporting the side-show. While I have refused to follow the President on Twitter, I still click on the headlines. I still want to know what was said. I want to be appalled, to be exasperated by his… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Intercession

There’s a video that’s been making the rounds on the internet this week of Astronaut Christina Koch’s homecoming, her true homecoming. In it, after nearly a year in space, she and LBD, her dog, see each other for the first… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Stones of Home

Can prayer change the world? change people? What happens if your prayer and someone else’s prayer run contrary to one another? Do they cancel out, collide like positive and negative particles as they pass through the air? Prayer was in… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Prayer

In a devotion this morning, I read about anger. The piece focused on the importance of feeling the emotion of anger, of not burying or avoiding it. And while I know the place the writer was coming from, it didn’t… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Sorrow

You know the story. Or, at least, you’ve heard it once or twice. In the hours before humanity gets its hands on him, Jesus sits down to eat with his closest friends. They recline on the floor, devour food and… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Mealtime