What Life Expects from Us – June 3, 2021
“It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life—daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right […]
Bearing Suffering – June 2, 2021
“Dostoevsky said once, “There is only one thing I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings.” These words frequently came to my mind after I became acquainted with those martyrs whose behavior in camp, whose suffering and death, bore witness to the fact that the last inner freedom cannot be lost. It can be […]
Pruning
This spring, I have done more pruning than ever before. Pulling away what is dead is one thing but cutting down what is alive is quite another thing. The rose bushes cut down to their knees, the cypress trees as far up as I could reach, the blueberry and butterfly bushes down to my knees. […]
Give Me Ears to Hear – Apr. 15, 2021
Lord,I believemy life is touched by you,that you want something for meand of me.Give me ears to hear you,eyes to see the tracing of your finger,and a heart quickened by the motionsof your Spirit. –Ted Loder, Guerrillas of Grace