Words
A child said “what is the grass?” fetching it to me with full hands…
I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven.
– Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Fiction
"Side Oats Sanctus" Chapter One
Of Green Stuff Woven
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--As Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, and Jan Karon once did, I want to whet your appetite with excerpts from my book Of Green Stuff Woven.
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Essays
Riding the Light-Rail through Iowa with Pope Francis blog post
A whimsical reflection on Pope Francis' important creation theology teaching Laudato Si (chapter three).
A blog first read on the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa website.
Sermons
We Sing the Cross Sermon
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Creation- centered Maundy Thursday sermon. First preached at the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, Des Moines, Iowa. Listen or Read below.