Minute Meditations

If love is the free surrender of one’s control, then suffering is the involuntary taking of that control away.

St. Francis of Assisi was a medieval man to his core, yet his problems were not dissimilar to what we face today.

A jazz saxophonist once put it this way: “Music pulls me deeper into being.” 

I know many of us feel disjointed right now, unsure of how we will ever feel whole as a nation again or engage in peaceful, fruitful dialogue.

Considering Pope Francis' debilitating health issues, my mind always goes back to when his papacy was announced to the world.

Franciscan contemplation opens the heart and mind to take in more of the world, its beauty and suffering. Contemplative practice dilates one’s heart, like a plant unfolding before Brother Sun’s energy. It heightens our consciousness—our awareness of relationships with God ...