Category: Speaking to the Soul

Monday, January 13, 2014 – Week of 1 Epiphany, Year Two [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including

As much as I dearly love the Creation story, there’s a real spiritual tension I feel in it when it comes to the words “dominion” and “subdue.” The Hebrew counterpart to the word “subdue” (kavash) is not helpful either–it’s the origin of the colloquialism “kabash/kaibash” as in “I’m gonna put the kabash (i.e., the squelch) on THAT.”

Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed. 24Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ

Friday, January 10, 2014 – Week of 2 Christmas, Year Two [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including

We lay people tend to give away our ability to discern our own spiritual gifts. We look outside ourselves for the authority to say what we are good at, where our talent lies. And we also often project our own abilities, our own talents, onto our ordained clergy – and then wonder that they buckle under the burden.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014 – Week of 2 Christmas, Year Two [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including

Monday, January 6, 2014 – Feast of the Epiphany [Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including today’s scripture

Psalm 29, 98 Isaiah 66: 18-23 Romans 15:7-13 One of my favorite sayings in the language of Twelve Step spirituality is “Don’t give up before