The Vulnerability of God
A moving article by Ron Rolheiser on what the vulnerability of God really means.
Holy Silence
Be still. Listen to the stones of the wall. Be silent, they try to speak your name. Listen to the living walls. Who are you? Who are you? Whose silence are you? Who (be quiet) are you (as these stones are quiet). Do not think of what you are still less of what you may […]
Living the Questions
The high priests brought many charges against him. Pilate again questioned him, saying, “Have you no answers? Look how much you are accused of.” But Jesus still said nothing. Pilate was amazed. -Mark 15:3-5 Always the beautiful answer. Who asks a more beautiful question? -ee cummings I would like to beg you dear Sir, as […]
Depths of the Divine Fecundity
There is in all visible things an invisible fecundity, a dimmed light, a meek namelessness, a hidden wholeness. The mysterious Unity and Integrity is Wisdom, the Mother of all, Natura naturans. There is in all things an inexhaustible sweetness and purity, a silence that is a fount of action and joy. It rises up in […]
A Prayer to Begin
I’m the secret fire in everything, and everything smells like Me. The living breathe My sweet perfume, and they breathe out praise of Me. They never die because I am their Life. I flame out—intense, godly Life—over the shining fields of corn, I glow in the shimmer of the fire’s embers, I burn in the […]
Patterns and Imaginary Walls
Last week I had the joy of going to hear Michael Meade speak. He is a mythologist who weaves folktales, myths, drumming, and singing into his wise talks about navigating complex times. As always, as I listened to his words much stirred in me, some of which I am sure will appear in this space. […]
Summer Retreat and Fall Online Course Explore Benedictine Spiritual Practices
This summer I will be in Berkeley leading a weekend retreat on Praying the Hours at the Episcopal seminary CDSP. I will follow it up with a fall online course on Benedictine spirituality. Consider joining me for one or both! Here are a short interview and article about them: Summer Retreat and Fall Online Course […]
