There’s a word going around these days that seems quite divisive. It’s one of those words that seems to separate people, mostly along political lines. It’s a hot-button word that gets people’s blood boiling. Some people seem to get
A while back, we talked about privilege together. I know this is an uncomfortable topic, and sometimes we find ourselves getting our defenses up when we talk about privilege. I don’t like to admit I have privilege. I like
Prior to serving at St. John’s, I was the Associate Rector at All Saints’ in central Phoenix. In addition to serving as a pastoral resource to the parish, I also served as a religion teacher to All Saints’ Episcopal
I don’t have any children. I do have two adult stepdaughters, and I love them very much. I also have a nephew, two nieces, and two step grandsons whom I love very much. I have never met my sister’s
In a 2016 interview with journalist Lesley Stahl on the CBS program 60 Minutes, then-candidate Donald J. Trump said, “I think I am actually humble. I think I’m much more humble than you would understand.” The irony in this
When I enrolled in a seminary course to learn about the art of pastoral care, the professors began by telling us the most important tool we’d need would be to learn more about ourselves. I was offended by this
Yesterday we explored alcoholic systems, citing examples from my own family of origin. Today we’re going to talk about some of the reasons people head down the path of alcoholic behavior. A number of years ago, an accidental discovery
My grandmother, Mary Yanni, was one of the most influential people in my life. When I was born, my grandmother’s house was about two miles away from the home where I lived with my parents. My grandmother (affectionately called
I did not always know I was going to become a priest. When I was a child, I did have a love for the liturgy, but I thought everyone did. While attending St. Mary’s Catholic School and Church, I
I grew up in a border town in California. This means that my whole life, I have lived in the vicinity of people speaking two languages all around me. I attended a private Roman Catholic elementary school called St.