Nothing is Wasted – Mar. 7, 2023
Blessed are you, O God,in whom nothing is wasted.You salvage the remnant,the scrap, the shred.You bless what is leftfrom the consuming fire, the devouring flood,the shearing wind, the shifting earth.All that remainsreturns to youand is reborn from you. Blessed are you, O God,who brings life from the earthand will return it to the earthonce again. […]
The Presence of God Was There – Feb. 3, 2023
“And what I began discovering is that every time I allowed myself to feel at a loss in the face of the pain I witnessed, every time I touched my own irrelevance, there was this energy of God that would emerge in our midst. All I had to do was say yes to it. The […]
Summoned – Jan. 23, 2023
“In the stew of everyday problems and ordinary life tasks we gain opportunities to do something about them. This, combined with the cultivation of our talents as we discover them, helps us arrive at our callings. We find ourselves summoned to make something better, to do something worthwhile. When we say yes to the summons, […]
Jesus Came to Change Us – Jan. 10, 2023
“We often profess that Jesus came to change the world. But that really didn’t happen. Does that mean that this whole Holy Birth was a failure, just some sort of pretty, romantic story in the midst of our sometimes chaotic life? Maybe Jesus didn’t intend to change the world at all; maybe Jesus, Emmanuel, God […]
