A Way Through
If life is one big classroom, the subject for today is “resourcefulness.” It’s a story of mismanagement, misbehavior, and misdirection. A story of making a way out of no way. A story of grace.* Scrambling, scrounging, and soon-to-be-broke, the crooked manager comes up with the perfect plan. In a bold act of slight-of-hand, he gets caught. The […]
To Break a Promise – Sept. 6, 2022
“Breaking promises is something most human beings have to do often, in order to remain true to the deeper underlying current of their lives and just as often, the lives of those to whom they made the promise: but it is not something we often do well.” –David Whyte, Essentials, p. 44
Body and Spirit
When I was younger, I noticed how people a lot older than me talked a lot about their health, mainly their aches and pains and the next doctor’s visit or medical procedure. Now at a more advanced age, I am doing the same thing! Mercy. But it sure has me reflecting on the body’s amazing […]
Living Lightly
In today’s gospel reading, Jesus urges the crowd to be ready, painting a beautiful picture of the blessings that await those who are prepared for God to show up at unexpected moments.* This exhortation comes immediately after Jesus encourages people to get rid of all their stuff. Though these are framed as separate vignettes in […]
