The Courage of Reaching Out
“Your faith has made you well.”* Like many things Jesus says, these words make me uncomfortable. I am instantly transported back to my high school logic class: if it is true that having faith makes you well, then the logical implication is that being unwell must mean you do not have faith. And the idea […]
The Important Thing – Oct. 7, 2022
“Is anything really any more important than anything else or is it all a matter of really being where you are, for whatever might be called for or given? Maybe the only important thing is the choice to get on the road, to enter the stream of life, to be there for whatever comes on […]
Blessed Is the One – Sept. 22, 2022
“I lost my way, I forgot to call on your name. The raw heart beat against the world, and the tears were for my lost victory. But you are here. You have always been here. The world is all forgetting, and the heart is a rage of directions, but your name unifies the heart, and […]
Clearing Space
Whenever I am disappointed, whether it’s with a friend, an event or how a day has turned out, I ask myself, “What were you expecting? And why?” Because that’s usually the source of my disappointment: somehow reality didn’t match my picture of how it “ought” to be. My narrow self-identity has walled me off from […]