Lighting the Way
Last fall I went on a silent retreat in the vast desert of Utah. The retreat was held not far from Navajo tribal land. One night during the retreat I grabbed my small flashlight and went for a walk along the dark, rural road that crossed this sparsely populated desert. After I was a good […]
Not to Abolish but to Fulfill
Today, Jesus tells me that I am the salt that is needed to add flavor to the bread that he offers, a light that allows others to see the abundant goodness of creation.* To make the point more emphatically, he says that I need to be even more scrupulous about following the rules than the […]
Become More Curious – Jan. 9, 2020
“Become more curious about your own darkness. What can you learn about your fear of it by staying with it for a moment before turning on the lights? Where can you feel the fear in your body? When have you felt that way before? What are you afraid is going to happen to you, and […]
Seeing Can Blind Us – Jan. 8, 2020
“It makes me wonder how seeing has made me blind—by giving me cheap confidence that one quick glance at things can tell me what they are, by distracting me from learning how the light inside me works, by fooling me into thinking I have a clear view of how things really are, of where the […]
