God Cannot be Grasped – Mar. 28, 2023
“One of the central functions of the dark night, [John of the Cross] says, is to convince those who grasp after things that God cannot be grasped. In John’s native Spanish, his word for God is nada. God is no-thing. God is not a thing. And since God is not a thing, God can not […]
Blessing – Jan. 4, 2023
May the sun bring you energy every day, bringing light into the darkness of your soul. May the moon softly restore you by light bathing you in the glow of restful sleep and peaceful dreams. May the rain wash away your worries and cleanse the hurt that sits in your heart. May the breeze blow […]
Finding Light – Oct. 31, 2022
“At the end of my talk [focused on John 1:9], a Mohawk elder, who had been invited to comment on the common ground between Celtic spirituality and the native spirituality of his people, stood with tears in his eyes. He said, “As I have listened to these themes, I have been wondering where I would […]
Great Spirit Lives!
The Beatitudes* is one of the most moving spiritual passages ever written. It speaks astutely for itself, so mostly I’d like to “defer my time” and share a new translation of the text from the First Nations Version of The Gospels, Acts, and Ephesians (2017). The FNV editors expect to release the full New Testament […]
