The Seed Cracked Open
It used to be That when I would wake in the morning I could with confidence say, ”What am ‘I’ going to Do?” That was before the seed Cracked open. Now Hafiz is certain: There are two…
Good Is the Flesh
Good is the flesh that the Word has become, good is the birthing, the milk in the breast, good is the feeding, caressing and rest, good is the body for knowing the world, Good…
Surrendering Our Brokenness
I’m convinced that when we can surrender to the Great I AM, the Great Universal Being, the great shared consciousness that we all are, God gives us courage to accept our own I am in all of its eccentricity and in all…
My Eyes So Soft
Don’tSurrenderYour loneliness so quickly.Let it cut more Deep. Let it ferment and season youAs few human Or even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonightHas made my eyes so soft,My voice so Tender, My need of God AbsolutelyClear. Hafez in The Gift , translated…
Contemplative Listening
by Kim Alexis Sue Monk Kidd does an admirable job of listening to God through her waiting time of a mid-life crisis. She is tempted to rush the process but instead looks at lessons from a cocoon she finds in…
God’s Grandeur
The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? Generations have…
An Advent Invitation to Wait on God
Waiting is one of God’s immensely sweeping invitations. To wait expectantly and with open hands requires a relinquishment of control that gets at the roots of our motivations, fears and idols. It is where we learn that God isn’t a…
Pseudo-community
Human friendships can very quickly become a club of mediocrities, enclosed in mutual flattery and approval, preventing people from seeing their inner poverty and wounds. Friendship is then no longer a spur to grow, to go further, to be of…