Calling – July 5, 2022
“Would you believe I have known seasons in which even the cadence of my voice has changed so that I might belong to a group of people whose stories and thoughts and ways were never anything like mine? But each year I know love and belonging—a love that doesn’t require sacrifice at the door of […]
Eternity Now – May 20, 2022
“Eternity is not an extension of time, but it is pure presence, pure belonging. When you are in the eternal, you are outside of nothing. You are within everything, enjoying the fullest participation There is no more separation. It is what the contemplative medieval scholars called the Beatific Vision….” –John O’Donohue, Walking in Wonder, p. 170
Meet Me on the Patio
About the time that the Twin Towers were built in New York City, Karl Olsson wrote a book titled Meet Me on the Patio. In it, he described the message of Jesus as an invitation to come down out of the towers of status, power, and privilege, to meet one another on the patio of our […]
My True Name – Nov. 24, 2021
“We are the Beloved. We are intimately loved long before our parents, teachers, spouses, children, and friends loved or wounded us. That’s the truth of our lives. That’s the truth I want you to claim for yourself. That’s the truth spoken by the voice that says, “You are my Beloved.” Listening to that voice with […]
