. . . Continued from previous post.
Then the Creator formed the red earth creature*
out of the dust of the ground
and blew into the creature's nostrils the breath of life,
and the creature became a living being. ~ Gen. 2: 7
Let everything that Read more [...]
"Come! Death. I trust you
as much as I have trusted life.
Now come and sweep me into
your mystery"
~ Sr. Jeanette Wasinger ~
A Catholic sister learns she has stage 4 lung cancer, inspires me with her faith-filled response to it, blesses me with Read more [...]
TODAY is the Feast of All Saints. The gospel reading on this Feast Day is fixed. Every year it is the same passage: Matthew 5: 1-12a -- The Beatitudes.
In 2008-2009, The Human & the Holy (H&H) community spent the better part of a year studying Read more [...]
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly, to love kindly,
and to walk humbly with your God.
~ Micah 6:8
The vision, essence, and life pattern that characterize what it means to be a Christian are perhaps most succinctly and clearly Read more [...]
The Bright Field
by R. S. Thomas
I have seen the sun break through
to illuminate a small field
for a while, and gone my way
and forgotten it. But that was the
pearl of great price, the one field that had
treasure in it. I realise now
that I Read more [...]
An authentic spirituality, whatever the religious tradition, is manifested less in the heroic, dramatic, or sensational feat than in the ongoing consecration of the present moment, the common deed, the simple gesture, the considerate thought, the brief Read more [...]
I hope some dog somewhere is also writing a book on politics by the same title.
Artwork: Charles Schulz, Peanuts Read more [...]
Today's Life-LineS:
Let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like a mighty stream. ~ The prophet Amos 5:24
Race prejudice, a universal human ailment, is the most recalcitrant aspect of the evil in man. ~ Reinhold Read more [...]