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 […]
Growing in Interior Freedom – Oct. 3, 2022
“The challenge and grace for each of us is a growing interior freedom—freedom from all that locks us in or that stands in the way of love; freedom for all that beckons to compassionate care; freedom to stand before God with one another in neediness and to receive all as gift. This poverty also includes […]
Meet Me on the Patio
About the time that the Twin Towers were built in New York City, Karl Olsson wrote a book titled Meet Me on the Patio. In it, he described the message of Jesus as an invitation to come down out of the towers of status, power, and privilege, to meet one another on the patio of our […]
