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Michael and I went to see Mona Fastvold’s tremendous new film The Testament of Ann Lee again yesterday evening, and it was even more powerful than the first time. Ever since we first saw the film, Daniel Blumberg’s luminous soundtrack has been on repeat in our household and in our consciousnesses, filling our movements and…
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Like many of my fellow citizens of the imperial experiment called “the United States,” recent events have left me aghast. Well, partially; there is a part of me that crumples under the unfolding horrors unleashed by cravatted cowards on the government payroll as pundits and propagandists cheer on a wave of inhuman violence against the…
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Each of us bears the imprint of three hundred thousand years of human history. Our ancestral lineages carry gifts and wounds with roots that run deep into the human story. Our flesh and blood, spirit and stories are woven of the grief, resilience, and beauty of that collective inheritance. It’s up to us what we’ll…
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I was reading through some of my older sermons in preparation for this week’s celebration of All Saints’ Day at the congregation I serve, and I was reminded of this gem—possibly one of the best sermons God has ever shoved through the matrix of my heart-mind-voice. In it I trace the outline of my theology…
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For a long time now, a principal spiritual practice of mine has been the work of the Daily Office, a cycle of readings and prayers based on the time-sanctifying rhythms of monastic life in the Benedictine tradition. Most spiritual traditions of the world have some way of weaving together prayer and time, and the Christian…
The Rev. Nate Craddock 