Bring: Lent 2025

Here we are again. Another Lent. Another wilderness wandering. Another start to reflecting on the world via my very sporadic writings. It seems Lent has been the time I feel most compelled to write. Perhaps because of the introspective nature of the season. Maybe it’s just the experience of taking the United Methodist Photo-A-Day challenge and turning […]

Should Women Preach?

Yes. Yes. A thousand times, yes! While I may emphatically support women in ministry, including preaching, it surprises me there remain many who disagree. In fact, instead of welcoming the insights, perspectives, and wisdom of women, some are doubling-down on excluding or sidelining the voice of women. (I’m looking at you Southern Baptist Convention) It […]

speak: Red Letter Challenge

I was an adult before I learned the lyric in Alabama’s Song of the South is not “sweet potato pie and a shirt in my mouth,” but “sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth.” (secretly I have kept whispering it my way when I hear the song.) That’s how it is sometimes. We hear […]