The dark shadow of space leans over us. . . . .
We are mindful that the darkness of greed, exploitation, and hatred
also lengthens its shadow over our small planet Earth.
As our ancestors feared Read more [...]
TODAY is the 5th Anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings in Newton, Connecticut. 20-grade schoolers aged 6 and 7 and six adult staff members at the school were killed. Let us not grow complacent or used to such human-instigated tragedies. Let us remember Read more [...]
Although Mary’s labor was a singularly physical and eternally unmatched act, it’s meaning is most fully and faithfully experienced only if we understand it as a commission for us to do the same. Put simply, in order for God to be manifest on Read more [...]
During this season of Advent we dare to move beyond the reach of human reason, to dream of the radical nature of the peaceable kingdom for which we all yearn and which is symbolized in the shocking and evocative biblical image of the wolf lying down with Read more [...]
Today's Life-Line is:
I am
A hole in a flute
That the Christ's breath moves through---
Listen to this
Music.
I am the concert
From the mouth of every
Creature
Singing with the myriad
Chords.
"A Hole in a Flute" by Hafiz
from The Gift: Poems Read more [...]
Today's Life-Line is:
When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion, then I go out and paint the stars.
~ Vincent Van Gogh Read more [...]
Today's Life-Line is:
The Beautiful Changes
One wading a Fall meadow finds on all sides
The Queen Anne’s Lace lying like lilies
On water; it glides
So from the walker, it turns
Dry grass to a lake, as the slightest shade of you
Valleys Read more [...]