No Small Love
The teacher gathered together those whose hearts he had newly woven, and sent them out into the world. It was a rough-hewn start.* Dividing every household? Forgetting myself? Of all the teachings of Jesus, this is the one that loses me. Until now. A deeper look reveals something for this present time. A great yearning […]
Psalm 119:18-24 – Mar. 26, 2020
Open my heart’s eyes, that I may see The wondrous blessings of creation. I am a sojourner on earth; May I know myself also as a spiritual being. My soul is consumed with an intense longing To be blessed and sustained by You, O Divine Lover. May I not be a bearer of disharmony, one […]
You Are a Little World – Mar. 20, 2020
“By my bedside is a reproduction of a scroll by a Zen monk of the seventeenth century, a great calligrapher named Tetsugyu. The translation of the characters is “Self revealed: all things in heaven and earth exist in oneself.” The discovery that “all things are there” within the human heart is one of the great […]
A Real Heart – Mar. 19, 2020
On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’” Now he said this […]