Tuesday -- At what point does our worship (our desire for God) become routine?At what point does our growing (our desire for wholeness and well-being and flourishing) become stale performance? Because there is a fine line between safe (certain) and…
Every evening when the guru sat down to worship, the ashram cat considered himself a welcome participant. But the cat was there to make friends, and his commotion distracted the worshipers (each of them hoping to reach a heightened meditative…
Tuesday -- This week, we’re talking about grace.And I hope that this week, we’re open to being embraced by dollops of grace. Moments (yes, moments) when we know that we matter, that someone knows us and sees us, and is…
Once upon a time, there was a boy who didn't like himself very much. It was not his fault. He was born with cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is something that happens to the brain. It means that you can think but sometimes can't walk,…
Tuesday -- Where do we park this thing called hope?And how do we replenish it?Sometimes, in our topsy-turvy world hope seems to shrink, or evaporate. And we assume that is our given reality. But let’s pause here... This is important:…
Too often, the headlines tear at our national emotional quilt.I enjoy an expansive vocabulary. But some days, I don’t have words. And the spiral I take toward mental exhaustion isn’t fun.It’s as if I wake up at the mercy of…
Tuesday -- Every once in a while, we’ve all been pestered by the question, "Does what I do, or give, or offer, make any difference? Does it mean anything?" Sometimes it doesn't take much to make me wonder.Recently, I’ve heard…
Tell me the weight of a snowflake," a coal-mouse (a small bird) asked a wild dove."Nothing more than nothing," was the answer."In that case, I must tell you a marvelous story," the coal-mouse said."I sat on a fir branch, close…
Tuesday -- This week, we ask how we navigate our broken and uncertain world. We find encouragement and comfort in Leonard Cohen’s reflection,“There is a crack, a crack in everythingThat's how the light gets in.”However, this is the great irony.…
Care of any kind—compassion, generosity, communication, reconciliation, service, ministry, teaching, giving—begins with and is nourished by self-care. Or in the words of Charlie Parker, “If it ain’t in you it can’t come out of your horn.” Care begins with the power…
