On the turn you take from mourning to hope.
Good, In Other Words (poem)
Good, In Other Words J. Marshall Jenkins Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled (Mt 5:6). He wanted to do something good, the meaning of which he worked and reworked with improvising mind and earnest heart, with feet and...
Science, Mysticism, and the Power of Unknowing
Don’t rely too much on what you know. Unknowing may save your life. Read on to see what I mean…
Letting Go and Loving: How the Fourth Beatitude Changed Me
On the grace that comes after letting go….
Kindness of God: 2015 Beatitudes Blog Top Posts, Part 2
More good news about you, the reader of the Beatitudes Blog.
Nice Anyway
My journey from a nice face to a nice heart.
Grieve Your Dreams, Renew Your Hopes
On renewing your hopes in the new year.
How Christmas Answers Our Perpetual Dissatisfaction
“Tis human to be dissatisfied. Christmas delivers the surprising solution to the perpetual problem.
Sacred Grief, Holy Help
Normal grief is one thing, sacred grief another. The bereaved person’s sense of something more springs from a sound spiritual intuition.
Stories for the Road
A word for college students and everyone who has a long road ahead.
Liminal Space: Grace Where Things Fall Apart
When God makes no sense in your story, you may find that you make more sense in God’s story.