A brief thought or poem for the weekend, friends ... "There is always an enormous temptation in all of life to diddle around making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for itsy-bitsy years on end. It is so self-conscious, so apparently moral, simply to step aside from the gaps where the creeks and winds pour […]

A brief thought or poem for the weekend, friends ... "If something comes toward you with grace and can pass through you and toward others with grace, you can trust it as the voice of God." (Richard Rohr)

Oh let's take a day, shall we? Yes, the world is aflame with hate and war and greed and devastation. We acknowledge this, we look at it straight on and our hearts break. We lift up our hands to you, God, and we pray the only prayer that makes any sense in these times: "Help! […]

I read this short essay last weekend and it is still rolling around in my heart.

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 conquered entropy last week and jump-started my old routine of rising before dawn and hitting a 5:45 AM spin class at our local gym. Kudos, right? Afterward, I took some time to stretch and strengthen my freshly battered muscles and I saw that someone had written a supposed-to-be-inspirational statement on a chalkboard in the […]