Easter People

From the Sony Bravia campaign, mentioned in Episode 20. 

Last week I received a surprise invitation to be a guest on the Easter People Podcast. I've been listening to Easter People since their very first podcast, so even though I was a little trepidatious because of an unsuccessful freshman year radio show (me, the one who can talk for hours, clammed up when there was broadcasting involved) I decided to go ahead and do it. And I'm so glad I did, because it was a great way to spend the afternoon -- reflecting on religious experiences and laughing with friends.

You can listen to Episode Twenty here, and I hope that you will add Easter People to your podcast rotation -- it's a thoughtful and fun time.

Holy Curiosity

I wrote a piece for the Episcopal Diocese of Washington's blog about Holy Curiosity. In it, I talk about how curiosity might help churchgoers rekindle their interest in Christian formation. 

But when I think about the same topic from a perspective outside of the organized church, I think about curiosity as one of the sole reasons that secular adults turn to faith. There's a curiosity within them that wonders what is out there in the wild universe, a curiosity about what is within one's self, and a curiosity about the possibility of a new sort of hope, a new way to be. This curiosity can be  prompted by a crisis or an inexplicable experience, but more often, it is a slow process, a little pique of interest there, a ever-growing hunger to get another glimpse of what is mesmerizing and mysterious, an unfolding invitation to go deeper. It's a beckoning, really. But it starts with the capacity to wonder. And to me, that is a wondrous thing. 

What do you wonder about?