A Healing Faith
In today’s gospel* Jesus challenges a faith that is defined more by adherence to human constructed proprieties than by an ever-expanding heart of love. He calls us to deep inner reflection, to listen and understand where we are coming from in our individual and corporate desires and ways and where God might be calling us […]
You Belong
A few weeks ago I led a silent retreat at Dayspring, “Awakening to Love’s Promptings.” The group gathered was quite diverse – Christian, Jewish, Muslim, non-religious identified, Black, White, Latino, young adults, middle and older aged, women and men; I didn’t ask about work or background, but my sense was that we were diverse in […]
Growing Up – May 12, 2023
“Many others give up their boundaries before they have them, always seeking their identity in another group, experience, possession, or person. Beliefs like, “She will make me happy,” or “He will take away my loneliness,” or “This group will make me feel like I belong” become a substitute for doing the hard work of growing up. It […]
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 […]
