Solitude – Feb. 16, 2022
“Solitude is not a practice just for ourselves but a practice to cultivate within each of us a greater capacity for living in communion with the world. In solitude we are able to listen more intimately for the whispers of the divine alive in each moment.” –Christine Valters Paintner, The Soul’s Slow Ripening, p. 107
An Awakened Heart
Just a week ago I attended a memorial service for a dear friend. We had not been in contact for many years, but hearing of her death awakened in me our forever connection. Almost four decades ago when I was in my mid 20s Marcelline saw me with the loving eyes of Christ and encouraged […]
Sacred Ground – Oct. 4, 2021
“Any place is sacred ground, because it is, potentially, a place of confrontation — confrontation with the divine Presence. As soon as we take off the shoes of “being used to it” and come alive, we realize: ‘If not here, where? When, if not now?’” –David Steindl-Rast, A Listening Heart: The Spirituality of Sacred Sensuousness […]
The Breath of the Lion – May 13, 2021
“What an extraordinary place!” cried Lucy. “All these stone animals – and people too! It’s like a museum.”“Hush,” said Susan. “Aslan’s doing something.”He was indeed. He had bounded up to the stone lion and breathed on him… For a second after Aslan breathed on him the stone lion looked just the same. Then a tiny […]
