My essential self    is completely content. My essential self    is wholly holy. My essential self    is undividedly Divine. My essential self    is contentedly complete. My essential self    is Love, as God is Love. My essential… Continue reading

There were five of them,    gathering over drinks–their first happy hour     in over a year. "It's so good to be together again,"    said Hope.She raised her glass:    "To the end of the pandemic." "Here, here," said… Continue reading

If I learn to suffer well,    I won't make others suffer.Jesus shows us how to suffer,    to embrace the pain of being human. Thus the beauty of the incarnation. If you learn the art of suffering well,   … Continue reading

Your essential self    (core self,        inner oasis of wholeness,            peace,                oneness with the Holy)is necessarily    small,        naked,            poor. Live,    breathe,        befrom… Continue reading

Augustine–    the great Christian philosopher,         theologian             and Church father–called the Bible:     a book of mysteries. And so it is. We are often more comfortable    without the mystery,preferring our scripture interpretation    easy, straightforward… Continue reading

The risen Christ    remains a wounded Christ,emerging from the tomb    as something other—not a human as we know humans–    able to appear/disappear at will,to walk through closed doors,    to be hidden even though present,to be present… Continue reading

Who am I, really?    Does one ever know?     ambler        banterer    conjurer         (perhaps)     dispenser        embellisher    forager         (yes)     gatherer        harvester   … Continue reading

To find trust,    I must be willing to trust. To find love,    I must be willing to love. To be held,    I must be willing to weep. To be awash in the Light,    I must be… Continue reading

In his book, Finnegan's Wake,    Irish author James Joycedescribes Christianity this way:     Here comes everybody! It would be hard to find    a more concise, cogent summaryof what we, the Church,    are truly about:     Here… Continue reading

And so,    heaven packages upa chubby little boy named Dirk    and sends him to earth:         a gift to the world. He is sent     with a simple task:         make it a better… Continue reading