In Us All – June 24, 2021
“The One-in-Three might signify something like this: The One is about transcendence, about being beyond the universe, the mystery that precedes the big bang and that remains after my death. I am, alas, thank goodness, not god/goddess; the ultimate reality is other than me, prior to me, and I must be in relation to it. […]
A World of Prayer – June 14, 2021
Lord, the air smells good today, straight from the mysterieswithin the inner courts of God.A grace like new clothes thrownacross the garden, free medicine for everybody.The trees in their prayer, the birds in praise,the first blue violets kneeling.Whatever came from Being is caught up in being, drunkenlyforgetting the way back. –Rumi, in Earth Prayers From […]
Questions – Jan. 7, 2020
God of mystery,help meto hold the questions,lead meto live them,bless meto bless themfor disturbing my path. –Jan Richardson, Night Visions
The Imperative to Love
Today’s gospel is a familiar one. When asked what commandment in the law is the greatest Jesus says, ““You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: “You shall love […]