How would your life be different if you didn't know about the issue you're incensed about right now? How would anybody else's? I'd be willing to bet that in most cases the answer would be not at all. It's not that the issue of the hour is unimportant, just that it might not be in […]

In order to challenge our assumptions about other human beings, especially those different from us, we have to get outside our circle. We have to decide - and it will take a decision - to place ourselves, humbly and gently, in circles of people who are different from us. And when we do ... let's […]

One of the main reasons that many of us refuse to get involved with hurting people is that we believe we need to fix them. And we know we can’t. A friend whose child has cancer… A friend whose spouse walks out… A stranger in need… We know we do not have an easy answer […]

It is my favorite time of the summer. Work has not yet picked up to full speed. My adult kids are not here using our house as home base as they transition from place to place. My soul is settled. My heart is quiet. My breathing is deeper, slower. I could sit for hours on […]

I have been thinking a lot about how Jesus pushed the boundaries. He broke right through the spiritual fences religious leaders had put up to keep people out, to keep people away from their God. As I read through the Gospel accounts of Jesus' life and ministry I cannot help but notice what a boundary […]

This bit of wisdom really struck me: "The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to […]