Smaller Than a Shoebox – Aug. 23, 2021
“I cannot say for sure when my reliable ideas about God began to slip away, but the big chest I used to keep them in is smaller than a shoebox now. Most of the time, I feel so ashamed about this that I do not own up to it unless someone else mentions it first. […]
Chosen Family
Jesus began his public ministry by healing and casting out demons everywhere he went. And although this was not unusual for prophets and healers of his day, for some reason people didn’t know what to make of him. When I read the gospel reading for this week*, I was struck by the parallels between what […]
Already Connected – May 28, 2021
“As we consciously let God within us flow and as we interconnect with God in others, we experience ourselves as bonded, not only to each other but in the divine relationship. We experience the “is-ness” of the whole, thus extending the flow of eternal life—the eternal realm—into this realm. We prepared our souls for the […]
Relationship to the World – May 21, 2021
“To wander far from the familiar “home” of his adolescent ways of belonging, doing, and being. He must, as poet Mary Oliver puts it, “stride deeper and deeper into the world.” His culture will greatly influence the manner in which he wanders, as will his gender, physical constitution, psychological temperament, age, and bio-region. In one […]
