"I count it as an absolute certainty that in paradise, everyone naps. A nap is a perfect pleasure and it's useful too. It splits the day into two halves, making each half more manageable and enjoyable. How much easier it is to work in the morning if we know we have a nap to look […]

Let no debt remain outstanding,  except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command, "Love […]

I am struck lately by the fact that the church in America has become known as a judgmental place. It does not take long to get a sense for what the church is against. Mainly ... the sins of "others." I wonder what would happen if the church actually started to be "against" our own […]

"One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: to rise above the little things." (John Burroughs)

Just read this poem on a Parker Palmer blog ... He writes about how much his work matters; how hard he is still working. But how much it matters, too, that we understand we are not only our work. We are something deeper, something richer, and more lasting than just what we produce. "Even in […]

Our lives as we live them seem like lives that anticipate questions that never will be asked. It seems as if we are getting ourselves ready for the question “How much did you earn during your lifetime?” or “How many friends did you make?” or “How much progress did you make in your career?” or “How […]