by Guy Sayles | Jul 12, 2018 |
Like many others, I’m living in-between. For four and a half years, I’ve held what Susan Sontag called “dual citizenship” in the kingdoms of the sick and of the well. I shuttle between the limits of illness and the opportunities of ongoing life. I anxiously hold my...
by Guy Sayles | Jul 3, 2018 |
Here’s a link to my post–“Leading Like the Good Shepherd” on the Center for Healthy Churches website.
by Guy Sayles | Jun 26, 2018 |
An elderly woman recently spent a long night in the Emergency Department. Lack of oxygen, related to congestive heart failure and COPD, made her disoriented and unsettled. Because her medical caregivers needed to know the extent of her confusion, they repeatedly asked...
by Guy Sayles | Jun 16, 2018 |
No, Attorney General Sessions, you may not use Paul’s words in Romans 13:1 to justify the heinous separation of children from their parents. That text was abused by church officials who ordered the brutal Crusades against Muslims, by southern preachers who sought to...
by Guy Sayles | Jun 5, 2018 |
In Peripheral Visions, cultural anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson said that, when we take-stock of our lives, we can focus either on continuity or discontinuity:“’Everything I have ever done has been heading me for where I am today’ is one version of the truth,...
by Guy Sayles | May 18, 2018 |
Recently, I confessed—again—that there are times when I’m more intimidated by the world’s problems, the church’s challenges, and my own “stuff,” than I’m confident in the presence and power of God.When the heat is on and the pressure is high, hope evaporates and joy...
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