Marrton Dormish

Habitat For Humanity volunteers building a house during the 2007 Fremont Fair in Seattle, Wash. (Joe Mabel, Wikimedia Commons)

April 17, 2012February 4, 2017

Habitat home repairs

The well-known non-profit Habitat for Humanity does more than build new homes for people in economic need. Habitat also repairs homes for qualified families. Flatirons Habitat for Humanity is currently

The Ulster Ash Grove's Weeping Ash trees pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the cause of peace in Northern Ireland. The pillar at the center is surrounded by stone blocks quarried from each of the six counties of Northern Ireland. (Trevor Rickard, Wikimedia Commons)

April 7, 2012May 2, 2012

Easter & deconstruction

Easter week is a special time for me and for fellow Christians around the world. Last night, we remembered the death by crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. Tomorrow, we will

Children playing near Falls Road in Belfast, Northern, Ireland, in 1981 (Jeanne Boleyn, Wikimedia Commons)

April 5, 2012May 3, 2019

A Truly Good Friday

For much of the last half of the twentieth century, the dateline “Belfast, Northern Ireland” and its associated descriptions of shootings by British soldiers and random bombings by elements of

The corner of 29th and Franklin in the Whittier neighborhood of Denver, Colo., where De'Quan Walker-Smith was shot and killed on March 19. (Marrton Dormish)

April 4, 2012August 1, 2012

A liturgy for tragedy

I never met 18-year-old De’Quan Walker-Smith. However, thanks to an invitation from my friend and pastor Kathy Escobar, I had the privilege this morning of participating in an hour-long remembrance of