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FCM Executive Director Statement: Faithful Resistance to Fear and Violence

FCM’s mission requires love. As an organization dedicated to supporting, nurturing and empowering expansive ministries and faith communities, we must always center love, acceptance, and justice in our work. Guided by the principles imparted to us through our sacred texts, FCM stands in unwavering opposition to the ongoing ICE raids and the broader systems

By |2025-06-16T15:33:38-04:00June 16th, 2025|Press Release|Comments Off on FCM Executive Director Statement: Faithful Resistance to Fear and Violence

“You’d Be So Pretty If…”: The Spiritual Toll of Conditional Love

The other day, in the spirituality group I lead for adolescents in inpatient psychiatry, we talked about the invisible weight we carry when other people's expectations and judgments strike at our very core. It didn't take long for the familiar phrases to emerge: "You'd be so pretty if you smiled more." "You're too much." "You're

By |2025-06-12T11:56:33-04:00June 12th, 2025|Chaplain Chronicles|Comments Off on “You’d Be So Pretty If…”: The Spiritual Toll of Conditional Love

How I Became WOKE: My 30-Year Journey of Faith, Justice, and Change

Thirty years ago (1995), I was a Republican. I had a life that revolved around my local parish, was a pro-life advocate, was someone who couldn’t quite understand the need for affirmative action and was someone who could not tolerate a gay pride parade. I never bought the abomination theory but I was uncomfortable with

By |2025-06-05T17:09:44-04:00June 5th, 2025|Reflections|Comments Off on How I Became WOKE: My 30-Year Journey of Faith, Justice, and Change

The Pinhole

A young one wandered, lost in the dark. Occasionally, she bumped into others who also roamed, though none seemed to realize they, too, were lost. A few believed they knew the way and took her along. She trusted them, followed where they led, but always, in time, she found herself alone again—more lost than before,

By |2025-05-21T10:58:50-04:00May 21st, 2025|Poetry, Reflections|Comments Off on The Pinhole

Order My Steps: A Story on Forgiveness of Self

…Order my steps in your word Dear Lord. Lead me, guide me every day. Send Your anointing Father I pray. Order my steps in your word…please order my steps in your word… These are the lyrics to the song that earned me an F in choir during my freshman year in college. I was

By |2025-05-14T15:57:56-04:00May 14th, 2025|Reflections|Comments Off on Order My Steps: A Story on Forgiveness of Self

What the Beatitudes Really Teach Us About God’s Priorities

The Beatitudes that Christ taught come to us in two parts. The first four Beatitudes describe the surprising recipients of our Father’s favor. • Blessed are the poor in spirit • Blessed are those who mourn • Blessed are the meek • Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice These are the ones

By |2025-04-30T12:41:52-04:00April 30th, 2025|Reflections|Comments Off on What the Beatitudes Really Teach Us About God’s Priorities

Remembering the Earth Today and Everyday

I was reflecting today as I looked out my window as I watched six deer feeding in the yard, robins flying and seeking worms, trees cautiously beginning to bud and the ground melting and making mud so that the new life can emerge with flowers, new trees, etc. I thought how this focused my thinking

By |2025-04-23T13:20:49-04:00April 23rd, 2025|Reflections|Comments Off on Remembering the Earth Today and Everyday

FCM Statement on the Passing of Pope Francis

San Francisco, CA, April 14, 2025 — FCM Statement on the Passing of Pope Francis The Circle of Directors of FCM, one of the country’s largest group of ministers, faith communities, and professional chaplains serving in multitudes of settings such as hospitals, hospice centers, addiction recovery centers, higher education, and more, join the global

By |2025-04-21T18:35:45-04:00April 21st, 2025|Press Release|Comments Off on FCM Statement on the Passing of Pope Francis

The Crucifixion’s Trembling Truth: We Are Always There

“Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.” And the reason we tremble is because we wonder, “Would I have taken part in nailing him to the tree?” “Was I there when they crucified my lord, and maybe I didn’t do anything about it?” That certainly is cause to tremble tremble, tremble, tremble. So

By |2025-04-16T18:45:32-04:00April 16th, 2025|Reflections|Comments Off on The Crucifixion’s Trembling Truth: We Are Always There
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