A Burning Fire – Nov. 16, 2020
For the word of God has become for meA reproach and derision all day long.If I say, “I will not mention God,Or speak any more in God’s name,”There is in my heart, as it were, a burning fireShut up in my bones,And I am weary with holding it in,And I cannot.(Jer. 20:8-9)
Heart to Heart – Sept. 9, 2020
“It is because we belong with others and see them as brothers and sisters in humanity that we learn not only to accept them as they are, with different gifts and capacities, but to see each one as a person with a vulnerable heart. We learn to forgive those who hurt us or reject us, […]
Practice as Training – Aug. 19, 2020
“Wisdom Christianity is practice driven. When you do the practices that nurture the heart, you will sense this connection as a living bond. Your being becomes receptive to the higher meaning. When the practices that sustain this encounter begin to drop out, you revert back to your usual operating system, and the connection fades.” –Cynthia […]
They Can Be Like a Sun – July 24, 2020
They can be like a sun, words. They can do for the heartwhat light canfor a field. –St. John of the Cross, Love Poems From God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West, trans. Daniel Ladinsky, p. 324