Beatitudes Blog
Costly Grace for the Rest of Us
What cross are you called to bear?
Introvert’s Temptation
On finding sacred space amid the fray…
Integrity crisis
Lenten reflection with a comforting conclusion…
Beyond the Deficit Reduction Model of Care
Toward the kind of caring that can change the world…
Discernment: The Art of Really Living Your Faith
Moving beyond nominal belief on Sunday mornings to fully lived faith every day.
Courage, Fear, and the Ambiguities of Life
On faithfully facing tough decisions.
Mother Pollard’s Antidote for Dr. King’s Fear
How a humble follower inspired MLK.
Dr. King’s Antidotes to Fear: Faith
How faith overcomes fear.
Dr. King On Overcoming Fear With Love
Spiritual counsel from the civil rights icon.
Encouraging Paradoxes of the Dark Night
When you feel spiritually dried up, you may be closer to God than you think.
Healing Parker Palmer: The Simple Presence of Bill
A story of care at its best.
Choosing Life from the Depths of Despair
If you or someone you love is deeply depressed…
As a psychotherapist and spiritual director, I bring well-honed insight and skill to these posts; yet, my vulnerability plays a more important part, for more than advice from experts, serious people of faith need resonance with fellow travelers.
In my writing and in your reading and comments, may we face our challenges in God’s compassionate presence rather than in a private dressing room where we try in vain to make ourselves presentable to God at an appointed meeting. God meets us where we are.
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