True Lenten Discipline
We begin the second week of Lent, forty days set aside in the Christian church for reflection, self-examination, and sometimes fasting. I recently came across a very different challenge in...
Spirituality
Capacity
Human capacity is a topic I have been thinking a lot about lately. After my second Covid vaccine, I suffered mild symptoms of aches and chills for a day. I...
Spiritual Adjustment
Self-reflection and penitence are long-standing traditions in many faiths and cultures. There seems to be a common understanding that human beings often drive, lose perspective and need periodic adjustments to...
Who Was St. Patrick?
Who was Saint Patrick, the patron saint of the Irish whose name represents all things green? Because of the holiday—St. Patrick’s Day celebrated every March 17th—you might think this historical...
What Is Advent?
Holiday music is playing in the stores. Newspapers land on doorsteps swollen to twice their normal size because of ads. Boxes are pulled from attics and garages with adornments for...
The Enneagram – part 1
The following article by Jeannette is about something I have personally come to see as a fantastic personal growth tool. As I continue to learn about my type, I see...
You Are An Artist
In his book Linchpin: Are you Indispensable?, Seth Godin shares a concept I think has a profound truth. An artist is someone who gives life to another. Wow–someone who gives life...
How do you start your day?
“You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” So said author, pastor and leadership guru,...
Letting Go
One of the ironies in getting control of your life is the need to let go of some things. Getting control of your life is not about becoming a control freak....
What is Easter, really?
Easter is not just a holy day, it is a holy season where Christians engage in self-reflection, as do other religions. Coinciding with spring in the northern hemisphere, (where most...
What Does It Mean?
These few days are undoubtedly the most important in the Christian calendar; they are centerpieces of the faith. But there is no one-way to view the death and resurrection of...
Hiroshima
This week we “lament, and grieve our own complicity in the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 on the Feast of the Transfiguration. The atomic bomb became a symbol of humanity’s...
The Healing Power of Meditation
When religion is not about healing, it really does not have much to offer people in this life. Many have called such disembodied theology “carrot on the stick” theology or,...
Love is God
You have heard it said…”God is Love”. If this is an equal equation, what would happen if we turned it around and said Love is God. Now both Love and...
Top 10-#10 Truth Is Truth No Matter Where You Find It
Pilate asked, “What is truth?” Augustine said, “Truth is truth, no matter where you find it.” Well I thought he said it, but now I can’t find it. Nobody has...
Top 10-#8 I Matter
According to astronomers, our galaxy—the Milky Way—contains up to 400 billion stars. You could fit a million of our earths in our sun; yet our sun is tiny compared to...
Top 10-#7 God Is Not A Monster
God has been misrepresented to many of us. As children we may have received a picture of God that is vengeful, boring, uncompromising, angry, arbitrary and narcissistic. As adults we...
Top 10-#6 The World is Complex
Icebergs are beautiful. They can also be deadly (think Titanic). The thing about icebergs is that you only see a very small portion of the whole thing. Things happen and...
Lent
Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, 40 days in the Christian church calendar preceding Easter. Perhaps you think of Lent as a morbid time when we all have to get...
The Invitation of Grace
The follow is a devotional from Monday, March 21, 2016 written by Richard Rohr, founder and director of Center for Action and Contemplation. His writings are always good, and some...
