What Kind of Good News is This?
The news is filled with war and violence, earthquakes and floods, political posturing and threats of the end of democracy. Sometimes, I cannot tell the difference between the morning news and biblical predictions of solar and lunar eclipse, falling stars, and warnings to stay awake* lest disaster overtake us. While the advertising machinery fills us […]
Disguised
Mother Teresa once said,” Whenever I meet someone in need, it’s really Jesus in his most distressing disguise.” I wish I could say that. It did happen once though. I was a temporary manager at the Potter’s House, our church’s coffeehouse and bookstore. A young man came through the door, smelly, drunk, filthy, muttering. This […]
A Life Without Regrets
Fear is a game changer, isn’t it? So many self-therapy books these days describe in detail the harmful effects that overwhelming or chronic fear has on body, mind and spirit. The more afraid we are, the more we reach for survival tactics such as fight, flight or freeze. Notions of love, community and abundance are […]
Becoming Wise
“Look for something that you like in your artwork today,” I said to my class of first-graders, “it might be something that surprises you.” Slowly, each one would stand up and name something they liked: the way a color ran, how the clay felt, what patterns a potato-stamp made. Some were shy and some were […]
