The Heart of the Gospel – Feb. 2, 2023
“This, I believe, may be the heart of the message. To let go of the stuff of our lives, be it money, privilege, our beliefs, or whatever else that prompts us to feel that it is acceptable to put people out of our hearts and simply walk away. To let go of the idea that […]
Go to the Desert – Feb. 1, 2023
“I realized how easy it is for me, when I face challenges, to want to turn to external answers or quick fixes to cover up my difficulties. But that doesn’t always work. In fact, it rarely works. What I need to do is go to my poustinia, to the desert of my heart (and a physical […]
God’s Feast – Jan. 31, 2023
“God has invited each and every one of us to the great feast that can be our life. It is a feast where joy overshadows our normal worries and pains and where the smallness of our lives is transformed into the largeness of God’s dream. It is a feast where each of us has a […]
May I Come In? – Jan. 30, 2023
“Before that day I was a lost sheep. I was a lost sheep making my own plans, always caring about God by imagining my own ways of getting closer to and serving him. And most of it had very little to do with God. I was just wandering from one patch of grass to the […]
