Desire for Emptiness – June 1, 2022
“All I bring to the darkness each night is what the Cloud author calls a “naked intent,” a wish to be empty and still in the presence of that for which I have no name. The author of the Cloud says that if you find this unexplainable desire welling up within you, simply wanting time without speech with one […]
Praying – May 25, 2022
It doesn’t have to bethe blue iris, it could beweeds in a vacant lot, or a fewsmall stones; justpay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t tryto make them elaborate, this isn’ta contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in whichanother voice may speak. -Mary Oliver, from Thirst
Who is the Greatest? – Apr. 11, 2022
“…rather the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like one who serves.” -Luke 22:26 This Holy Week we encourage you to create a sacred space in a corner of your home to spend quiet time each day – being in the midst of your deepest soul presence. Each […]
Don’t Tell Me – Mar. 23, 2022
Do not tell methis will make memore grateful for whatI had.…Give me insteadthe blessingof sitting with mewhen you cannot thinkof what to say. –Jan Richardson, from “The Blessing You Should Not Tell Me,” The Cure for Sorrow, p. 54
