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Quoting Saint Augustine
“What have I to do with men, that they should hear my confessions, as if they were to “heal all my diseases?” A race eager to know about another man’s life, but slothful to correct their own!” Saint Augustine
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Weeds
Reflections on the flagrantly honest charm of being a small thing with great love.
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Mulling
Deprivations and restrictions are inevitable. Throughout our lifetime, we’ll encounter ordeals that push us underwater, plunging us from times of growth to times of deficiency. Captive to what’s too strong for us, we wait for deliverance.
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Amid the Cold of Winter
Thoughts on the gifts of cold, darkness, and suffering.
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How the Light Gets In
“Start again,” I heard them say, “Don’t dwell on what has passed away or what is yet to be.” — Leonard Cohen
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Where is My Home?
“Where is my home?” poet Rainer Maria Rilke asks.
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Attending to the Vision
In this great pilgrimage of life, we land in darkness before long, and sometimes it’s a darkness so great we can’t see the hands in front of our faces. We wonder if we even have hands, or feet.
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Hello, Traveler
Hello, Traveler. As you make your way along life’s tumultuous highways, it’s important to note that you should always carry a map, have plenty of fuel in the tank, and take frequent rest stops.
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Where Is My Home?
How difficult it is to be happy or content as a state of mind when one’s soul was schooled in loneliness, anxiety, and abandonment.
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Bread of Life
The incense is heady, frankincense and myrrh, recalling a bone-deep connectedness to ancient rites and mysteries as old as humankind. Modern research has discovered that burning frankincense activates areas of the brain that relieve anxiety and depression.
