Creation Is a Ladder to God
Penance, poverty, humility and compassion were the values that forged Francis into a “cosmic brother,” one who was related to all creatures and to the elements of creation.
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What the Desert Monastics Knew
Clearly one of the pillars of the spiritual life, as far as the Desert Monastics were concerned, was a time and place for reflection
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Coping with Change
The word change normally refers to new beginnings. But transformation, the mystery we’re examining, more often happens not when something new begins, but when something old falls apart.
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Living in a Transitional Age
Living in a transitional age is scary: It’s falling apart, it’s unknowable, it doesn’t cohere, it doesn’t make sense, it’s all mystery again, and we can’t put order in it.
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Read with the Eyes of Compassion
There’s a moral realism in healthy and grounded people. They’re not ideological, on the left or the right. They can accept people whom others have judged for one reason or another.
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Prayer Is Singing God’s Song
Whatever we hear, but also whatever we see, taste, touch, or smell, vibrates deep down with God’s song
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Jesus Is Forever
We don’t know what the new year will hold for us, for our families, for the world. But we know that God will continue to be with us.
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