Can you imagine, or remember, the joy of simply wanting to be close to God?
Read MoreIt’s one thing to have a God expressed in beautiful ideas. It’s another thing to have Jesus get into your daily life and start changing things.
Read MoreThere is a kind of poverty that is death. Jesus seems concerned to alleviate this kind of poverty. But there’s another kind of poverty, the kind that makes you dependent on your neighbors, the kind that unleashes creativity and craftsmanship, the kind that looks to God for daily bread. I suspect we need this spiritual poverty more than we know.
Read MorePerhaps, if we let ourselves, we can groan along with the Spirit as the smoke rises. If we do, we just might find ourselves moved by the Spirit in ways we didn’t expect.
Read MoreGod’s announcement of space and place does not start with zapping the ‘bad’ people. Nor does God’s announcement absolve human beings of responsibility for addressing the needs of the sick, poor, and oppressed. Instead, God’s announcement of space and place begins with an invitation to come, eat, and drink. There is a deep wisdom here.
Read MoreIf God’s posture towards us is love, we are free to love in response. This is the foundation and principle of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.
Read MoreWhat do you do if the image of father, evokes traumatic memory, fear, or profound grief? As we lean into the foundations of our Lent Exercises, you’re invited to re-imagine your image of father.
Read MoreAs I reflect on the spiritual life, it seems like all of us experience something like the yips.
Read MoreInjustice diminishes us. Compassion toward the vulnerable shows the face of God.
Read MoreSuch a reminder is not morbid or self-deprecating. It is an invitation to remember that within the protein chains, chemical processes, and energy of your existence is an ancient and divine kiss.
Read MoreI notice that many of us long for life with God in the midst of our fragmented world. This series is an invitation to open your heart to God.
Read MoreLent can be a confusing season. For some of us Ash Wednesday, and the season of Lent, conjures images of guilt and sadness. For others, Lent feels mysterious season. We get that it’s a time to focus on spiritual practices but aren’t sure why.
Read MoreIt seems to me the normal response in the face of such a credibility problem is to resign. Who wants a God who can't help them? Who wants a religion tainted with racism? Who wants a God who plays favorites?
Read MoreAs I prepare for Lent 2022, I’m pondering over a decade’s worth of these reflections. Sharing in these conversations has changed both of us. As this season comes to an end, I’m struck by the faces of friends who long for soul sharing conversations.
Read MoreAs I prepare for Lent 2022, I’m pondering over a decade’s worth of these reflections. Sharing in these conversations has changed both of us. As this season comes to an end, I’m struck by the faces of friends who long for soul sharing conversations.
Read MoreThe more we know about the brain’s biochemistry the more it seems our wisdom traditions were onto something.
Read MoreThis is a challenging season for the church. Disillusionment with church and disappointment with God are real. I get it. And yet, in the midst of disillusionment, I see deep spiritual hunger. It’s a hunger that can be satiated in life with God if we apply these big ideas.
Read MoreIf God was not interested or able to provide stability, safety, or reconciliation for our family, as pious and sincere about faith as any person I knew, why should God be relevant to any part of my life?
Read MoreIt seems to me that the tendency to push blame and responsibility for sexual sin towards the vulnerable hasn’t changed much.
Read MoreIt seems to me that most of us have had an experience of being misunderstood, when we share something important with a friend or roommate, who we hope will offer empathy, support, and understanding only to be disappointed and disconnected. In these moments, misunderstanding is emotionally costly.
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