April 11
We needed to stay conscious that planting ourselves in the soil of community and showing up daily through meditation or contemplative prayer as a means of surrendering our lives, was not just about our own self-actualization, but was for the sake of a wounded world desperately in need of healing and justice. That healing and […]
April 10
To create a place of true belonging, our commitment was and has always been to meet people where they are. Part of meeting people where they are means never pushing religious beliefs on others. To push others, especially when they are quite vulnerable, to adopt a particular faith perspective can be a form of violence […]
April 9
The spiritual descent into Divine Love – the recovery journey – may be prompted by suffering, spiritual practices/intentions and love, but we cannot steer or control our descent. Our intentions are like gates we desire to pass through. Once we’ve passed through however, we look back and see that there were no gates. This descent, […]
April 6
Those little mission groups, so full of our envies and jealousies, our loves and hates, our great belief and our great disbelief, are the ground on which we move “from the dialogue of conflict to the dialogue of reconciliation.” Slowly we learn that the outward journey and the inward journey are inextricably bound together. – […]