Beatitudes Blog

Forgiving the Ones You Are Stuck With
On one of the toughest challenges of faith.

Cleansing for Life with Augustine and Me
Is life just a long cleansing?

Wild Goose Festival 2019: Christ in the Beauty and the Gathering
What the Wild Goose Festival 2019 meant to me.

What Peter Wanted
How Peter might have seen Jesus.

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.

Why the Bible is the Most Widely Read Book of All Time
How the Bible is more than a book.

Bart Starr: My Childhood Hero
How a man I never met made a positive difference in my youth.

When Christians Persecute
A reality check for people of faith.

Forgiveness: When Unruly Anger Comes of Age
On the inner transformation that comes with forgiveness.

Healing Howl from the Heart
On a powerful healing prayer….

Pollution Wars: How the Kindness of Jesus Offended and Healed
A meditation on why they killed Jesus and why we still praise him.

Shining Like the Sun with Thomas Merton on Fourth & Walnut, Louisville
On a visit to a sacred street corner.
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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