The House of Belonging – Feb. 14, 2023
“This is the bright home in which I live, this is where I ask my friends to come, this is where I want to love all the things it has taken me so long to learn to love. This is the temple of my adult aloneness and I belong to that aloneness as I belong […]
Lost – Feb. 13, 2023
Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside youAre not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,Must ask permission to know it and be known.The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,I have made this place around you.If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.No two trees are the same […]
We Are the Beloved – Feb. 10, 2023
“For Christians who have gone into their own depths, there is the uncovering of an indwelling Presence – a deep, loving “yes” inherent within us. In Christian theology, this inner Presence would be described as the Holy Spirit, which is precisely God as immanent, within, and even our deepest truest self. God is the very ground of […]
Be Complete – Feb. 9, 2023
“The imagery of inviting all parts of ourselves home, back to the table like the prodigal son, lies at the heart of the Aramaic sense of what it means to be perfect.” –Neil Douglas-Klotz, The Hidden Gospel, p. 129
