Lenten Psalm of Awakening – Mar. 27, 2020
Come, O Life-giving Creator, and rattle the door latch of my slumbering heart. Awaken me as you breathe upon a winter-wrapped earth, gently calling to life virgin Spring. Awaken in these fortified days of Lenten prayer and discipline my youthful dream of holiness. Call me forth from the prison camp of my numerous past defeats […]
Seeing With New Eyes
The coronavirus pandemic has radically changed my life and the life of the whole world. March Madness is redefined. Schools, businesses, theaters, sports arenas, houses of worship… closed. The changes keep coming and are escalating. Social distancing is the new norm. Self-isolating has new meaning for me, for you, for the entire world. Old habits […]
Letting Go – Mar. 16, 2020
“Dwelling on this thought of letting go, and handing myself over to the Spirit will bring me much closer to the experience of Jesus than the word “discipline” that so many of us have been trained to invoke at the beginning of Lent. It should help us smile at our anxious attempts to bring our […]
Living from the Spiritual Heart
“I consent to the Divine Presence and action within.” With these words on our heart, a group of us moved through a weekend of silent retreat, punctuated by intentional sitting and walking meditation together. All of us in some manner, though expressed differently, came desiring to open and deepen in our life in the Spirit. […]
