Listen to Yourself – May 26, 2023
“Choose a piece of work to do by listening to yourself—the still, small voice within that speaks to you in images, wishes, dreams and fantasies, your own conversations and the conversations of others. If you make a mistake and choose the wrong task, you will still learn something about yourself and can take courage and […]
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Dec. 27, 2022
O little town of Bethlehem,How still we see thee lie!Above thy deep and dreamless sleep,The silent stars go by;Yet in thy dark streets shinethThe everlasting Light;The hopes and fears of all the yearsAre met in thee tonight. -Hymn lyrics by Phillips Brooks
Stay – Mar. 25, 2022
… You cannot know it now,cannot even imaginewhat lies ahead,but I tell youthe day is comingwhen breath willfill your lungsas it never has before,and with your own earsyou will hear wordscoming to you newand startling.You will dream dreamsand you will see the worldablaze with blessing. Wait for it.Still yourself.Stay. –Jan Richardson, from “Stay”, The Cure […]
There Will Be Signs…
When I read about Jesus warning his disciples that there will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, distress among nations, and people fainting from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world,* I feel like I am reading the newspaper instead of words written two thousand years ago. Every […]
