You Belong
A few weeks ago I led a silent retreat at Dayspring, “Awakening to Love’s Promptings.” The group gathered was quite diverse – Christian, Jewish, Muslim, non-religious identified, Black, White, Latino, young adults, middle and older aged, women and men; I didn’t ask about work or background, but my sense was that we were diverse in […]
Protect Me – May 17, 2023
“Do not withhold your mercy from me, O Lord; may your love and your truth always protect me. For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.” -Psalm 40:11-12
The Line
A channel, a conduit, a portal, a pathway, a hollow bone — each carry something, allowing it to pass through. A line, a thread — they pull what is moving through me. Whose line am I holding? I begin with my own. I look just like my father, whose name I carry, and whose legacy I hold. My […]
What You Desire – Feb. 24, 2023
“Because it is not what you are nor what you have been that God looks at with his merciful eyes, but what you desire to be.” -The Cloud of Unknowing, trans. James Walsh, Ch. 75, p. 265
