Holding On – Oct. 7, 2020
“Holding to the narrow way, as life-promising as it may be, has never been easy, and is especially difficult in our market-driven, industrial countries with their emphases on consumption and private gain. Very few today talk about or value solitude, creativity, friendship, dialogue, reflection, political and social action on behalf of oppressed persons — a […]
Inner Solitude – Aug. 14, 2020
Spirituality is not to be learned by flight from the world, by running away from things,or by turning solitary and going apart from the world.Rather, we must learn an inner solitude wherever or with whomsoever we may be.We must learn to penetrate things and find God there. –Meister Eckhart (1260-1329)
Alone – Apr. 2, 2020
“To be alone for any length of time is to shed an outer skin. The body is inhabited in a different way when we are alone than when we are with others. Alone, we live in our bodies as a question rather than a statement.” –David Whyte, Consolations
Care in Community – Mar. 6, 2020
“By the honest recognition and confession of our human sameness we can participate in the care of God who came, not to the powerful but powerless, not to be different but the same, not to take our pain away but to share it. Through this participation we can open our hearts to each other and […]
