Remembering How – Jan. 6, 2020
Befriending darkness is the theme for this week, beginning with Epiphany on January 6. Selections come from Barbara Brown Taylor’s book, Learning to Walk in the Dark (New York: Harper One, 2014). “Learning to walk in the dark is an especially valuable skill in times like these—or maybe I should say remembering how to walk […]
Before It’s Opened – Aug. 1, 2019
“In the same way that I am willing to thank my husband for a gift even before I have opened it—because I trust his love of me—I am willing to thank God for my life even before I know how it turns out. This is brave talk, I know, while I can still pay the […]
Electrically Aware – July 30, 2019
“When I am fully alert to whatever or whoever is right in front of me; when I am electrically aware of the tremendous gift of being alive; when I am able to give myself wholly to the moment I am in, then I am in prayer. Prayer is happening, and it is not necessarily something […]
The Blessing of Compassion – Feb. 19, 2019
“…Pronouncing a blessing puts you as close to God as you can get. To learn to look with compassion on everything that is; to see past the terrifying demons outside to the bawling hearts within; to take the first move toward the other, however many times it takes to get close; to open your arms […]
