The 60-Second Sabbath

Alcatraz

  • Three Sorrows (Three Liberations)

    I.We mustheal the wounds of childhoodto find freedomfrom the constricting storieswritten there.  II.Wake up tomorrowno longer rememberingyour personal narrative,all its falsehoods forgotten:    "I'm too…"    "I can't…"        "I'll never be good enough to…"    "I'm this way because…"  What if… Continue reading

  • Therapy, Again

    The therapist summed it up:     "You have unresolved grief."    "You are anxious and at times depressed."    "You need help getting your thoughts under control."    "Perfectionism makes all of this harder to embrace." So there it… Continue reading

  • Try Getting Lost

    Searching for a spiritual discipline?Try getting lost:visit a strange city,leave your baggage at your hotel and start walking.Drift left, veer right,turn toward what distracts you.Nod at people you pass;imagine their lives–as rich and confusing as your own.Say, "Hey, pup!" to curious… Continue reading

  • Prison

    Had I once lived outside this cellI should not be as satisfiedto sleep upon this sling of stringsor eat the slop slid o'er the sill. The key waits in my pocket tilI have the vision, courage, will.  Text and image… Continue reading

  • Holiday for the Hurting

    Good Friday is the one holiday designed for those who hurt, for the lonely, the sick, the dying, the alienated, the outcast, the confused, the disenfranchised. Here is God, being exactly all those things, feeling all of that, understanding it… Continue reading

  • Holy Week

    For most of my life, the tender, sorrowful laments of Holy Week, more than the joyous, triumphant hymns of Easter, have attracted me… Continue reading