Don’t You Give Up – Nov. 13, 2020
“You see I’m not giving up hope; don’t you give it up either.” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison
Our Soulwork – Oct. 23, 2020
“The soul is generous: it takes in the needs of the world. The soul is wise: it suffers without shutting down. The soul is hopeful: it engages the world in ways that keep opening our hearts. The soul is creative: it finds a path between realities that might defeat us and fantasies that are mere […]
How We Discover Hope – Oct. 9, 2020
“Hope cannot be wrestled to the ground, taken in by the power of our persuasion. In miniscule moments, brief encounters, little kindnesses given or withheld, we discover whether or not we have the capacity for Christ’s coming, whether or not we will have the courage to reach past old disappointments and welcome the new. I […]
To Give Myself Freely – Oct. 8, 2020
“When I am afraid I am a house divided against itself. So more than anything else I want to be delivered from fear, for fear is alien to my own best interest or, to put it positively, I want to give myself generously, magnanimously, freely—out of love. I want to be able to take risks—to […]
