Honor God
Why don’t you follow the usual rituals?* Rituals and traditions are passed along to us, not always with clear understanding of their meanings and purposes, their place in our lives. Mindlessly we keep old ways alive because we feel to do otherwise would not honor tradition. What was good in the past surely is still […]
Fasting as Training – Aug. 18, 2020
“A fast is not about penitence and beating up on yourself. That’s a very medieval attitude that totally distorts the meaning of fasting. A fast is really training—exactly like athletic training—so that our whole embodied being can be tuned up to support a spiritual aim we wish to achieve.” –Cynthia Bourgeault, The Wisdom Jesus, pg. […]
Seeing With New Eyes
The coronavirus pandemic has radically changed my life and the life of the whole world. March Madness is redefined. Schools, businesses, theaters, sports arenas, houses of worship… closed. The changes keep coming and are escalating. Social distancing is the new norm. Self-isolating has new meaning for me, for you, for the entire world. Old habits […]
