Breathe Into Me – Oct. 12, 2020
O God, empty me of angry judgments,and aching disappointments,and anxious trying,and breathe into mesomething like quietnessand confidence,that the lion and the lamb in memay lie down togetherand be led by a trustas straightforward as a little child. Catch my pride and doubt off guardthat, at least for the moment,I may sense your presenceand your caring,and […]
Inner Solitude – Aug. 14, 2020
Spirituality is not to be learned by flight from the world, by running away from things,or by turning solitary and going apart from the world.Rather, we must learn an inner solitude wherever or with whomsoever we may be.We must learn to penetrate things and find God there. –Meister Eckhart (1260-1329)
From Death to Promise – July 14, 2020
“[Topsoil] is very Christ-like in its passivity and beneficence, and in the penetrating energy that issues out of its peaceableness. It increases by experience, by the passage of seasons over it, growth rising out of it and returning to it, not by ambition or aggressiveness. It is enriched by all things that die and enter […]
Survival, and Then?
“Peace be with you.” Jesus says this three times to the disciples*, who were shut-in with the doors locked for fear of what might lurk on the outside. Sound familiar? We’re all groping for peace right now, wondering when it will come, questioning what “normal” is. The cadre of believers huddled in that room in […]
