One Essential Unity
The Gospel today is a hallmark scripture for the Trinity, the theological Essential Unity in the Christian tradition.* Theology, cosmology, psychology, biology, so many “ologies” I can think of, increasingly speak to me of an essential unity. That unity may show up with different names, like energy, God, harmony, wholeness. As my life unfolds in this fragmented, […]
Divine Encounter
My memory takes me to a prayer service I attended at Christ House, a medical care and whole being recovery facility for homeless men in Washington, DC. I sat shoulder to shoulder with patients and staff and others gathered to acknowledge our belonging in the hands of a loving God and offer our longing for […]
What else do we want, except to be loved – Apr. 4, 2022
“Whenever I groan within myself and think how hard it is to keep writing about love in these times of tension and strife which may at any moment become for us all a time of terror, I think to myself, “What else is the world interested in?” What else do we all want, each one […]
Deep Listening – Feb. 25, 2022
“‘Deep listening’ is a virtue that anchors every kind of love relationship, and it is the compass [social justice advocate] Sister Simone [Campbell] cites again and again as a creative, openhearted anchor to her life of strong passions and advocacy. She offers these lines of self-appraisal on whether one is being true to deep listening […]
