The Laughter of God – Sept. 13, 2022
Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore,May the relief of laughter rinse through your soul. As the wind loves to call things to dance,May your gravity be lightened by grace…. As silence smiles on the other side of what’s said,May your sense of irony bring perspective. May your prayer of listening deepen […]
Tone Matters
When I told a dear female friend of mine that I was writing a reflection on Luke 10:38,* she rolled her eyes. “You mean where he scolds Martha for doing housework?” she asked with a sigh. “C’mon, Jesus. Really?” I’d been turning the Luke passage over in my mind for a week now, looking up […]
In the Interludes – June 24, 2022
“Many believe that they need company at any cost, and certainly if a thing is desired at any cost, it will be obtained at all costs. We need to remember and to teach our children that solitude can be a much-to-be desired condition. Not only is it acceptable to be alone, at times it is […]
Desert as Metaphor – June 3, 2022
“The desert as metaphor is that uncharted terrain beyond the edges of the seemingly secure and structured world in which we take such confidence, a world of affluence and order we cannot imagine ever ending. Yet it does. And at the point where the world begins to crack, where brokenness and disorientation suddenly overtake us, […]
