Duration is Not a Test – Dec. 3, 2021
“Because it is not lasting, let us not fall into the cynic’s trap and call it an illusion. Duration is not a test of true or false… Validity need have no relation to time, to duration, to continuity. It is on another plane, judged by other standards. It relates to the actual moment in time […]
Not Afraid to Ask
“We went to the junkyard,” Marguerite said, “and Monty was full of questions.” At seven, Monty has not yet learned to keep his questions quiet so as not to bother the adults. His wise old aunt takes him on some kind of adventure each week to give his house-bound parents and introverted older brother some […]
As Settlers – June 22, 2020
“Human beings are settlers, but not in the pioneer sense. It is our human occupational hazard to settle for little. We settle for purity and piety when we are being invited to an exquisite holiness. We settle for the fear-driven when love longs to be our engine. We settle for a puny, vindictive God when […]
Journeying Soul – Jan. 30, 2020
“When your ship, long moored in harbor, gives you the illusion of being a house… Put out to sea! Save your boat’s journeying soul, and your own pilgrim soul, cost what it may.” —Hélder Câmara
