Burnout – July 16, 2021
“Aren’t you, like me, hoping that some person, thing, or event will come along to give you that final feeling of inner well-being you desire? Don’t you often hope: ‘May this book, idea, course, trip, job, country or relationship fulfill my deepest desire.’ But as long as you are waiting for that mysterious moment you […]
Guide Me into an Unclenched Moment – Apr. 12, 2021
Guide me,Holy One,into an unclenched moment,a deep breath,a letting go of heavy expectancies,of shriveling anxieties,of dead certainties,that, softened by the silence,surrounded by the light,and open to the mystery,I may be found by wholeness,upheld by the unfathomable,entranced by the simple,and filled with the joythat is you. –Ted Loder, Guerrillas of Grace: Prayers for the Battle (San […]
The Very Narrow Way – Nov. 10, 2020
“There remains for us only the very narrow way, often extremely difficult to find, of living every day as if it were our last, and yet living in faith and responsibility as though there were to be a great future… Thinking and acting for the sake of coming generation, but being ready to go any […]
The Blessedness of Waiting – Nov. 9, 2020
“The blessedness of waiting is lost on those who cannot wait, and the fulfillment of promise is never theirs. They want quick answers to the deepest questions of life and miss the value of those times of anxious waiting, seeking with patient uncertainties until the answers come. They lose the moment when the answers are […]
