Concrete and Creative – Aug. 16, 2021
“Communion with the Lord inescapably means a Christian life centered around a concrete and creative commitment of service to others.” -Gustavo Gutiérrez, A Theology of Liberation, pg. 11
Mixing Dough – Aug. 11, 2021
“Once the ingredients are assembled, once they are mixed together into a dough, they will become part of each other. They will be one thing. Life … becoming bread … becoming life. Process. We can smile at the pictures we have of it in our minds. Still lives—particular moments in their gilded frames. And yet […]
Search for God – Aug. 4, 2021
“Though by and large the Church has not known how integral the search for self is to the search for God, her saints have always preached that the two are inextricably bound together. Brother Lawrence is reported to have said, “When we enter upon the spiritual life, we should consider and examine to the bottom […]
The Seed and the Sower
Seeds don’t need very much. Good soil, moisture, and sunshine will do just fine. Tiny miracles built to do one thing, and to do that one thing well. They’ve been practicing their earthen dance for the longest time. On a South Carolina summer day, I was the little kid who tore into the fresh cut […]