The despair of holy Saturday. The day it seemed God had failed. As if Jesus was a liar. As if his followers were to be pitied. The earth grieved. The women wept. The Word of God lay silent in a tomb. The light of the world snuffed out by the powerful exhale of evil. It […]

I feel great empathy for any who have walked away from faith. Faith communities have failed so miserably that those who find the exit ramp oft appear the wisest folk around. I do, however, worry about our souls; souls that hunger for the Divine, the transcendent, the mystical. And we have been led to believe […]

Lent began yesterday with the imposition of ashes on the foreheads of all who engage in the Ash Wednesday liturgy. Often, a reading from the Hebrew prophet, Joel, is read aloud in that service. Joel, trumpets God's call: “'Even now,' declares the Lord,'return to me with all your heart,with fasting and weeping and mourning.' Rend […]

I have moved on to Krista Tippett's second "Foundations" podcast episode, which is a mere 8 minutes long this time. These four short podcasts are Tippett's re-launching of her On Being podcast and they are stunningly rich and beautifully simple. Each one leaves me with more to think about than my aging brain can take […]

Author, psychologist and meditation teacher Tara Brach said: "Attention is the greatest form of love." Ponder this with me: In our attention economy where bots and algorithms and marketers and everyone and their brother is trying to capture our attention, what does it mean that attention is the greatest form of love? Who do you […]

I hope you will let these wise words of Henri Nouwen wash over you today: Our life is a short time in expectation, a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment. There is a quality of sadness that pervades all the moments of our lives. It seems there is no […]