I Confess – Sep. 29, 2020
I confess that I poison myself with anger, bitterness, regret,I confess that I cripple myself with excuses, complaining, procrastination.I repent.I am ready to look at the most painful parts of my life and live.I am ready to answer the hardest question— the question of whether I am willing to change.Show me.Ask me.Forgive me. Amen. —Maren Tirabassi and Joan Jordan Grant, […]
Unclean Lips – Sep. 28, 2020
Holy, holy, holy God,I am a person of unclean lips– I have said cruel words, and have left unsaid kind ones.I dwell among people of unclean lips— there are bigoted words about race, tradition, age, gender, orientation; there are gossip and slander, political deceit, false advertising, corporate manipulation, religious hypocrisy. Holy, holy, holy God,purify my words and send me, angel-driven,with your message […]
Awakening – Sep. 25, 2020
“In Louisville, at the corner of Fourth and Walnut, in the center of the shopping district, I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that I loved all those people, that they were mine and I theirs, that we could not be alien to one another even though we were total strangers. It was like waking […]
Unattached – Sep. 24, 2020
“Once some robbers came into the monastery and said to one of the elders: “We have come to take away everything that is in your cell.” And he said: “My sons, take all you want.” So they took everything they could find in the cell and started off. But they left behind a little bag […]