minister, author, teacher, chaplain
Alec Baldwin’s firing a prop gun he thought was safe, killing the movie’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza, raises many questions. Law enforcement officials have been questioning people on the movie set to discover the kind of ammunition in the gun and how it got there. Along with many others, I’m shocked […]
If you’ve wondered why I write so much on inclusive language, you’ll find answers in this presentation. The two questions I most often get about including female names and images of the Divine are: Does it matter? Is it biblical? Watch this video for our answers. Larry E. Schultz and I collaborated on this presentation […]
This song and video are dedicated to my sister, Dr. Anne Morton, a powerful, tenacious environmental activist for many years. All the Earth is sacred; sacred is Her ground; mountains, trees, and flowers everywhere abound.Her beauty all around is still found. Earth calls out for nurture; Earth calls out for care;we will work to save […]
You probably don’t need reminding that our world is in deep need of healing. Even before the global pandemic, lives have been destroyed by racism and white supremacy, global warming, gun violence, patriarchy with accompanying misogyny, sexism, heterosexism, and sexual violence. Scientists have discovered that the COVID-19 pandemic may be one of the results of […]
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, invited me to write a hymn celebrating Larry E. Schultz on the occasion of his 20th anniversary as minister of music of the church. I was delighted to write this hymn, along with notes on the text and tunes and a tribute to Larry, my collaborator and […]
