I keep chickpeas on my shelf to serve as a reminder that I need to continually put down my desire for approval, for accolades, for acceptance. It reminds me that my identity is to be based on who I am as a child of God. Continue reading
We are miracles living within miracles; one hopes we might live our lives faithfully and joyfully responding to this reality. Continue reading
It is easy to thank God for our blessings. But what about all those people who don’t have those blessings? Does God love them any less? Or worse, do they somehow deserve the rotten end of the stick they got? Am I blessed with rewards or privileges while God takes them away from others? Continue reading
Prayer has geometry, as do our communications with one another. Mapping the geometry of our words—to God and to one another—is one way in which we can bring focus and awareness to the beauty that’s possible in how we relate. Continue reading
Being loving, compassionate, faithful, and humble are essential for all of us. Still, it’s worth asking whether our day to day choices reflect the ideals of our faith. Continue reading
The discovery of our less than holy motivations and desires become transformative teaching moments. How many of my choices and actions are motivated by an unchecked need for power, affection or security? Continue reading
Part of living in Christian community, where we are called to love one another as we have been loved, is to make an effort to see something from another person’s perspective. Whatever we do with additional perspectives, we are better for having seen them and considered them, for at the very least it means we have tried to better understand another member of God’s family, and to trust that we ourselves are being better understood as well. Continue reading
If we rend our garments and not our hearts, at the end of Lent all we are left with are torn clothes. Nothing will change in our lives. Continue reading
The Lenten Journey is a path that leads to the deepest parts of ourselves—it addresses us at our most naked places, our deepest motivations and desires, for this is where true healing takes place. Continue reading
In a world of busyness and expectations to produce, sometimes being still is perfect. Continue reading
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