“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” – Calvin Coolidge This season of celebration offers many gifts. One such gift is our narratives. The spirit of Christmas is found in them. […]

Thomas Wolfe wrote: “It is not all bad, but it is not all good, it is not all ugly, but it is not all beautiful, it is life, life, life — the only thing that matters.” We are living in an extraordinary time full of vitality, discovery and transformative movements, but we also live in […]

What would our lives, our communities, our world look like if we framed our discourse, embedded our beliefs about God, ourselves and others, in yes?  For far too long our institutions of society, religion and government have taught us a language of no.  We need to reclaim yes! Yes to love, yes to mercy, yes to […]