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I have gradually become aware how essential this word “glory” is in John’s Gospel. There is God’s glory, the right glory that leads to life.…

God does not require a pure heart before embracing us. Even if we return only because following our desires has failed to bring happiness, God…

You are probably wondering how, in imitation of Jesus, you are to find that descending way. That’s a very personal and intimate question, and in…

You step from this moment with scripture and stole ordained to the ordinary. Ours is an existence in something more than the husk it once…

The power in listening/watching those coming through the self-driven ego rapids; I wait ready to catch the bow of their rapidly deflating boat as it…

Once we have given up our desire to be fully fulfilled, we can offer emptiness to others. Once we have become poor, we can be…

Yes, Lord, I have to die – with you, through you, and in you – and thus become ready to recognize you when you appear…

What’s happening in prayer is that you’re presenting yourself for the ultimate gaze, the ultimate mirroring, the gaze of God. Little by little you become…

There is a way of living life, a mode of being religious that causes destruction wherever it appears.  It is the misinterpretation of the concept…

It was like church to me. I entered it on soft foot, Breath held like a cap in the hand. It was quiet. What God…