This may be a funny thing to admit as a chaplain, but I feel a little embarrassed about being a person of faith. When people ask what I do for a job, I tell them, but I feel like I immediately have to qualify what I do. I feel like I have to point and say, “I’m not like them.” (Also, you wouldn’t believe how many people will immediately find a reason to swear after I tell them what I do.) Also, a lot of my job involves explaining to people that we don’t have to limit ourselve

Sometimes I try to look back and reflect on when I first felt like chaos was winning. I remember at the end of 2016, someone said that nothi

A Reflection for Palm Sunday, April 13 by Melanie Marie Myatt Lectionary reading for 04/13/2025: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 ; Luke 19:28-40...

I am struggling with voices. With social media, podcasts, and newsletters, I feel like everyone has an opinion on just about everything.

T.S. Eliot wrote a distinctive poem from the perspective of one of the magi that can often be found at this time of year.

An Advent reflection for Saturday, December 23rd by Melanie Myatt Lectionary reading for 12/23/2023: Psalm 89:1-4,19-26; Judges 13:2-24;...

Ash Wednesday may be a day more about love than Valentine’s Day. Ash Wednesday is a day to remember that you are both imperfect and loved.

Psalm 90.1-17 takes us back to the time when Israel was not yet a nation in the Promised Land. A time with no Temple and no King.