At the Center of My Being – Jan. 3, 2022
Abba: I begin this day with gratitude for the gift that is hidden in my center. Remind me in the silence of surrender that I am connected by more than what keeps me apart. Help me see that at the center of all that lives is a small piece of the very beginning, which was […]
The Sacrament of Christmas – Dec. 30, 2021
I make an act of faith toward all mankind, Where doubts would linger and suspicions brood. I make an act of joy toward all sad hearts, Where laughter pales and tears abound. I make an act of strength toward feeble things, Where life grows dim and death draws near. I make an act of […]
I Will Light Candles This Christmas – Dec. 27, 2021
[Kim Montroll, close friend and Bread of Life core member, has been readingThe Mood of Christmas & Other Celebrations by Howard Thurman this Advent season. She is the moderator of our mission group, and has been reading these before we descend into our shared silence before doing our outward work each Thursday morning. I hope it brings […]
How Can This Be? – Dec. 22, 2021
She had been a child who played, ate, sleptlike any other child – but unlike others,wept only for pity, laughedin joy not triumph.Compassion and intelligencefused in her, indivisible. Called to a destiny more momentousthan any in all of Time,she did not quail,only askeda simple, ‘How can this be?’and gravely, courteously,took to heart the angel’s reply,perceiving instantlythe […]
