To Catch the World
Leaving home happens in physical and metaphysical ways. The leaf turns loose of the branch. The newborn bird flies her nest. The young Rabbi does the same.* Predictable familiarity gives way to the wild call to step out into the world. Having just left my teenage years, I was given the chance to study in […]
Called to Be Who You Are in God
A while ago I took a class at the Servant Leadership School on “Call” led by a very wise spirited woman, Mary Cosby. My assumption then as it continues to be is that each of has a deep longing to know that our life means something. The profound gift of the Incarnation we celebrate year […]
You Are the Beloved
The prolific, inspiring spiritual writer Henri Nouwen graciously gave the Servant Leadership School, the Church of the Saviour’s alternative seminary, the transcript for his new book on the Life of the Beloved. Simple and profound, it soon became the main text for the core class on Servant Leadership. Gordon Cosby said this little book was […]
Gifts of Darkness
As a child in the Pacific Northwest, I fell in love with the night sky. Days were often overcast or rainy, but at night, the clouds would part and I could see the canopy of constellations, there to guide ships at sea. My dad would even wake us up to see an eclipse of the […]