A year ago, after a somewhat rocky Christmas Eve, I woke at 4 AM and wrote this essay to read to my family before we ate monkey bread and frittata and drank some mimosas. I read it again this year before our traditional Christmas morning repast and it seemed to resonate with my people. I […]

"In prayer we intend to leave the world of anxieties and enter a world of wonder. We decide to leave an ego-centered world and enter a God-centered world. We will to leave a world of problems and enter a world of mystery. But it is not easy. We are used to anxieties, egos, and problems; […]

A short thought or poem for the weekend, friends ... "To be forgiven is to be loved." (Brene Brown - Rising Strong)

To say this is a fast-paced time of year is an understatement, right? Concerts, parties, decorations to be strung, stockings to be hung, people to feed, gifts to buy and wrap and give ... and sometimes return. It is too easy to lose oneself in the hustle and bustle. Too easy to think the hustle […]

"Prayer is language used in personal relation to God. It gives utterance to what we sense or want or respond to before God. God speaks to us; our answers are our prayers. The answers are not always articulate: silence, sighs, groaning -- these also constitute responses. The answers are not always positive: anger, skepticism, curses […]

A brief thought of poem for the weekend, friends ... "We belong to a Mystery far grander than our little selves and our little time." (Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life)