The Archive

Category: Speaking to the Soul

Taste and See

January 26, 2018 No Comments

Like a rich dessert, I find it helpful to take the Old and New Testament in small bites.

Toppling Over

January 25, 2018 No Comments

It surely does hurt us to kick against the goads of God’s plan for us. And Jesus’ words tell me that Paul was harnessed to the Way of Jesus Christ long before his vision.

Seeing Clearly

January 24, 2018 No Comments

Our most important spiritual work is inviting in awareness and creating the silence and space in our lives that allows us to see a little more clearly.

Some Days and Other Days

January 23, 2018 No Comments

Some days full of grace and mercy. Other days full of love and hope.

St. Peter and St. Paul and the Octave of Christian Unity

January 22, 2018 2 Comments

We have seen great strides in Ecumenical reconciliation. More and more bits and pieces are recognizing each other’s sacramental theology and liturgical forms. More important, we are standing together for human rights, for the protection of the Earth, and against injustice toward people of other beliefs or customs.

A Different Kind of Fishing Trip

January 21, 2018 1 Comment

…the kind of fishing that the disciples did was usually done at night or in the early hours of the morning when most people were sleeping. That’s a mysterious time when spirits might be about and the boundary between sleeping and wakefulness is thin.

An insight from someone special

January 20, 2018 No Comments

I go back to John and consider the part about the people who keep God’s word will never see death. Margaret was fervent in prayer, constant in reading the Bible, faithful in attendance at Sunday school and church, and a practitioner of what she heard and understood from the Bible. And yet she died. It’s hard to reconcile Jesus’ words with the reality of life, especially a life as exemplary as hers.