And the whole creation holds its breath ...
There are only two ways to live your life. One is though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. (Albert Einstein) One of the most powerful ways to move from living a busy and bored life, a life of chaotic chores and a never-ending list of pragmatic things to […]
The third factor that keeps us from living a centered life, according to Ronald Rolheiser, is our unbridled restlessness. All I can say to this one is ... gulp. The concept appears relatively simple: But ... Today, nothing seems enough for us. The simple and primal joys of living ... are mostly lost as we […]
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 […]
I have been noticing lately that the pace around our church is, well … picking up! I find myself a little out of breath, a bit frantic, wound up, anxious to get to the next day so I can plow my way through my to-do list in the hopes of getting "caught up," whatever that […]
Christians have such a weird relationships with hard emotions. I think it is because we often are led to believe that expressing sadness, disappointment, anger, or fear means that we don't trust God, we don't believe God is good; that we are somehow failing God by being less than perfectly cheerful every day of our lives. […]
