“God of affirmation, I want to be brave enough to say ‘yes’ to the things you place in my path…

“You’ve been here before— in the wilderness, in the desert, in the place where nothing is what it seems and…

“I depicted this story [of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness] within the structure of a stained glass window. Where in…

“God, we live in a world that is obsessed with money, status, power, and beauty. Extracting myself from those waters…

“What if it isn’t about getting out of the desert? What if we are called to dwell in our doubts,…

“I will bring my whole messy human self because I know, I just know, deep in my bones, that you…

“What do we make of the practice of mourning?…The rending of hearts and of garments of mourning, the calling for…

“We, just as we are, are enough. That is enough for our existence, and that is enough for God. It…