Understanding Doesn’t Heal

I’m a sucker for self-help books with a spiritual or cosmic thread. I love to learn and it’s been a relatively harmless addiction. My quest has been to understand my purpose and to live with the consequences of my choices.  But what could Jesus possibly mean when he talks of letting go of one’s life […]

Holiness – May 11, 2023

“Holiness is not an achievement; it is a Grace. A Grace called Awareness, a grace called Looking, Observing, Understanding. If you would only switch on the light of awareness and observe yourself and everything around you throughout the day… clearly, exactly as it is without the slightest distortion or addition, and if you observed this […]

Made for Freedom – May 9, 2023

“We are not made for resignation. Passive acceptance is not the code written into our spirit.  If that were true, as a species, we would have vanished long ago. Instead, for millennia, we have shaken off the temptation to simply accept reality and the demand that we bend the knee, and we have stood up to […]

On the Way: Resurrection

Easter morning at my church we were encouraged to be attentive in the days and weeks ahead to sightings of the Risen Christ and to then share those experiences with each other, much like what happened with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus.* In preparation, I have been pondering what I see in […]