The Long Way Back to Covenant
But I had gone to the one place that was supposed to have to let me in, and it sent me back to the house I’d run out of.
But I had gone to the one place that was supposed to have to let me in, and it sent me back to the house I’d run out of.
I found people who understand that, at their best, science and faith are not rivals but two disciplines of devotion.
I am still descending. Most days I think I’m just now learning where the steps are.
There are spaces that open their doors and make me feel received, and then there are spaces that open their doors but already have a shape in mind for who I should become once I step inside.
I’m learning by proximity—by being slowed down in rooms where time is treated seriously, where patience is a discipline.
In the middle of a heated conversation about the world, she told me I needed to cut ties with my Jewish friends.
Pluralism, as I understand it, is not mere tolerance. It is a courageous, committed engagement with difference.
May we build walls strong enough to protect, but never so high they cannot be opened.