Holy Week
I was raised Catholic with a rich tradition of liturgy to engage all my senses on this momentous walk with Jesus from Palm Sunday to Easter.* On Sunday we waved palm branches and sang with joy welcoming the One who came to save us. And barely catching our breath, we entered the Passion narrative with […]
The Hulled Heart
Today in an early morning dream I was addressed by a voice. It asked, “What are you doing?” and I answered, “I am hulling my heart.” The voice asked “Why?” and I answered, “I have need of a hulled heart.” I awoke, as I have so often this year, knowing that in my sleep I […]
True Holiness – Sep. 10, 2021
“True holiness is completely unselfconscious. It is enough for you to be watchful and awake. For in this state your eyes will see the Savior. Nothing else, but absolutely nothing else. Not security, not love, not belonging, not beauty, not power, not holiness – nothing else will matter anymore.” —The Way to Love: The Last […]
On Death – Jan. 22, 2021
Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream,And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by?The transient pleasures as a vision seem,And yet we think the greatest pain’s to die. How strange it is that man on earth should roam,And lead a life of woe, but not forsakeHis rugged path; nor dare he […]
