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Category: Speaking to the Soul

Speaking to the Soul: Three Weeks In

March 22, 2017 No Comments

… a few weeks ago we were called to the observance of a holy Lent. What does that really mean?

Speaking to the Soul: What Is Wholeness?

March 21, 2017 No Comments

I don’t think of wholeness as having an end or being a specific destination for which we are all striving, but rather wholeness is the journey of this life.

Speaking to the Soul: The other father

March 20, 2017 No Comments

We don’t really know that much about Joseph and I wonder if that causes us to give him the short end of the stick. Yet, the imagery of a loving father that Jesus uses to talk about God implies that Joseph played an important role in his formation. The way in which Joseph participates in the Incarnation suggests that perhaps we all have a role in birthing God into the world.

Speaking to the Soul: Wild Waters

March 19, 2017 No Comments

This encounter is for thirst quenching, for knowing and for being known.

Speaking to the Soul: God in Creation

March 18, 2017 6 Comments

We look through telescopes to see if we can find God, but what we find is that the universe is infinitely more expansive, more complex, and more spectacular than we could possibly have ever dreamt,..

Speaking to the Soul: I bind unto myself today

March 17, 2017 9 Comments

To what aspect of the Trinity and of St. Patrick’s Breastplate can you bind yourself today, just a little more tightly than you did yesterday? What must become unbound in yourself before that can happen?

Speaking to the Soul: Hearing and Believing

March 16, 2017 No Comments

In fact, Christ Pantocrator is a mirror. Gazing up at this image we discover that which most deeply defines us. We were created in this image – this is who we really are.

Speaking to the Soul: With gladness and singleness of heart

March 15, 2017 No Comments

…every year, the liturgical calendar invites us to set aside forty days to be especially intentional about contemplation, growth, soul-searching, prayer, and turning. Surely, life will lead us into personal deserts that will accelerate our spiritual growth if we allow them.

Speaking to the Soul: Loved, called, claimed

March 14, 2017 No Comments

I do hope my daughter feels safe, but I also hope she doesn’t stay there. With the love and hope and grace of a church community behind and with her, she can traverse this life and world speaking and living the hard truths. The necessary truths to living the Gospel.

Speaking to the Soul: Eat, eat!

March 13, 2017 No Comments

Normally, I find great comfort in the cluelessness of Jesus’ disciples. I find it reassuring to note that even those who had the privilege of journeying with Jesus during his life so often missed the point. However, this is one of the few moments in the Gospel where I find the message of the disciples just as poignant as that of Jesus.