The Tyranny of Perfection & the Gift of Bread

I’m not sure when it happened… but at some point in our modern lives, and I believe it was relatively recently, we became convinced that being perfect, without mistakes or flaws, was achievable and even necessary. Perhaps, the tyranny of perfection was begun when we created the digital technology to touch up the photographs shown…

The Plumb Line of God: Moving Beyond Politics & Scandal to Holiness

I don’t know if I’ve ever shared the story of how I came to be an alternate deputy to 78th General Convention of the Episcopal Church. The Deputation is elected very three years—a panel of four ordained people and four lay people to act as deputies and another eight (four each ordained and lay) to…