Conversion has three dimensions. It’s a turning. It’s a transformation. And it’s a process. In the end, conversion is about relationship.

This is a homily preached at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Ronald Rolheiser says that what we do with our longings is our spirituality. Longing is part of being human. So, each of us is spiritual, whether we realize it or not. However, not all spiritualities are equal. This episode is drawn from my latest book A Full-Hearted Life.

“You have turned my wailing into dancing.” (Psalm 30:12)

On May 5th eighty years ago Mauthausen Concentration Camp was liberated. My mother was one of the prisoners there. Preached on the 5th, this episode is a meditation on the liberation we find in our relationship with the risen Christ.

Today’s episode is about learning how to walk the way of Jesus. It is drawn from my book A Resurrection Shaped Life.

This podcast is the sermon I preached for Easter Sunday at The University of the South’s All Saints’ Chapel. The text for that day was John 20:1-18. It features Mary Magdalene’s encounter with the risen Jesus. I took the liberty of drawing on elements from the remainder of that chapter: Jesus’ appearance to the Apostles and then later his encounter with Thomas.

This week’s episode is part two of a two-part discussion of the sources of our sense of self and what it means to be true to yourself. It’s the fourth in a series of talks based A Full-Hearted Life that I gave at the Clergy Conference of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa. Part One dropped last week.

This week’s episode is part one of a two-part discussion of the sources of our sense of self and what it means to be true to yourself. It’s the fourth in a series of talks based A Full-Hearted Life that I gave at the Clergy Conference of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa. Part Two (and the final episode in the series) drops next week.

This week’s episode examines the sources of meaning in our life. It’s the third in a series of talks based A Full-Hearted Life that I gave at the Clergy Conference of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa.

This week’s episode examines the existential reasons for believing in God. It’s the second in a series of talks based A Full-Hearted Life that I gave at the Clergy Conference of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa.

This week’s episode examines the existential challenges of this secular age. It’s the first in a series of talks based on A Full-Hearted Life that I gave for the Clergy Conference of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa.