Embracing Sorrow – Sept. 26, 2022
“Yes, there are ruins in everyone’s life, and no one is immune from feelings of having to settle for some kind of second class. But finally it is a kind of comfort and relief to know that we are ordinary people in the human family–uncommon common people especially loved by God. After a time of […]
Calling – July 5, 2022
“Would you believe I have known seasons in which even the cadence of my voice has changed so that I might belong to a group of people whose stories and thoughts and ways were never anything like mine? But each year I know love and belonging—a love that doesn’t require sacrifice at the door of […]
For Future Generations – June 9, 2022
“Living and dying, sorrow and joy, the blisters on my feet and the jasmine behind the house, the persecution, the unspeakable horrors: it is all as one in me, and I accept it all as one mighty whole and begin to grasp it better if only for myself, without being able to explain to anyone […]
Education of the Wise – Feb. 22, 2022
“We have to be educated by the other. My heart cannot be educated by myself. It can only come out of a relationship with others. And if we accept being educated by others, to let them explain to us what happens to them, and to let yourself be immersed in their world so that they […]
