A short thought or poem for the weekend, friends ... "A worldview of weighing and counting is utterly insufficient once you fall into the ocean of mercy." (Richard Rohr, The Universal Christ)

I read this short essay over and over and over again and seek to live it out every day. Finding New Questions We have ceased trying to tie up all loose ends. We have discovered that life does not need to be neat. We have more questions than answers, and this is a great delight […]

The young man in a hoodie, bundled up against the cold, waiting at the corner for the bus that picks him up before dawn for the long, winding ride across town to the school farthest from his home; a two-hour daily commute. The little girls huddled together for warmth on the playground as the autumn […]

I bought the aster plants one year not quite knowing what they were. They bloomed late in the season, bright purple and tall. A last-minute stunner. Every year they have grown more profuse, often making surprise appearances in other garden beds far from their original home outside our kitchen window. As summer loses its grip, […]

I have been pondering this quote lately: What is the test that you have indeed undergone this holy birth? Listen carefully. If this birth has truly taken place within you, then every single creature points you toward God. (Meister Eckhart, 1260-1328) This is different than how Christians of late have been instructed to test if […]

The hard part Is to find yourself at home with where and what you are And still remain amazed. (John Koethe, "Beyond Belief") We live in a trance so much of the time, don't we? Here, but not here. Restless, never really at home. We carry around a vague sense of unhappiness with who we […]