What Do I Really Believe?
Here’s a little experiment: start a sentence with the words “I believe…,” and then finish it with something deeply heartfelt. It is impossible to do without feeling uplifted and stirred…
Published March 14th, 2014
Richness of Having vs. Richness of Being
When I think of being rich and having riches, I think of two men…
Published February 28th, 2014
Filed under: Habits, Inner LIfe, Joy, Love
The Hope of Transformation
I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with particular things I have done as with aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
Published January 17th, 2014
Filed under: Hope, Redemption
Spiritual A.D.D.
Psychologists who deal with the study of perception refer to a phenomenon called “habituation.” The idea is that when a new object or stimulus is introduced to our environment, we are intensely aware of it…
Published January 3rd, 2014
Filed under: Habits, Redemption
The Great Invitation
When Nancy and I were dating, I read her a poem by Shakespeare about two lovers: They so loved that love in twain, Had the essence but of one. Two distincts, division none; Number there in love was slain. When I finished reading it, I was in tears, but Nancy had a kind of glazed look in her eyes.
Published December 20th, 2013
Filed under: Community, Love, Trinity
Valuable Raggedness
Her name was Pandy. She had lost a good deal of her hair, one of her arms was missing, and, generally speaking, she’d had the stuffing knocked out of her….
Published December 6th, 2013