I wait for the Lord; my soul waits for him; in his word is my hope. My soul waits for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. — Psalms 130:4-5 Simone Weil says that waiting patiently is “the foundation of the spiritual life.” Why is waiting so important? Christine…
Stand Up, Take Your Mat, and Walk
Stand up, take your mat, and walk. John 5:8 No more excuses, no more giving into our fears, its time! Everyone one of us gets into a routine, or a funk, or a period when we know we should be serving our neighbor, fulfilling our destiny, or simply overcoming our fears and becoming the person God…
The Gaze of Faith
The eye through which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me; my eye and God’s eye are one eye, one sight, one knowledge, and one love. — Meister Eckhart These days there seems to be lots of ways to practice Yoga. My instructor teaches different methods but for me she…
There Is Always Something More
Each advancing moment is never a movement from nothing to something but always a movement from something to something more. — Henri Nouwen. In this time between the end of Lent and Easter morning I think of Nouwen’s words above. When I consider what is next after forty days of sacrifice, prayer, meditation, and service I say…
Breaking Through The Fourth Wall
For he himself is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall. — Ephesians 2:14 I learned that one refers to the audience in a stage play or musical as the “fourth wall,” and when a performer addresses the audience directly its called breaking…