Beatitudes Blog

Saints at Work
Consecrate your job one act of kindness at a time.

Running Naked Into the Night
A disciple’s haunted memory from the garden of Gethsemane.

The Lord’s Prayer and a Grateful Heart
On the Lord’s Prayer in biblical context and the context of your life.

When Love Reshapes Suffering
How love transforms suffering.

Three Dimensions of Peace & Peacemaking
While we’re on the subject of building a wall….

Mystic in the Mirror
What is your image of a mystic?

Receive Mercy and Your Christmas Is Just Beginning
Keep the Christmas party going!

Christmas Questions: What Do You Want? What Are You Waiting For?
Ask the right questions this Advent season.

Black Friday Pilgrimage to Thomas Merton’s Grave
How I spent Black Friday.

Mindfulness: Praying With Thich Nhat Hanh
From the inspiring life and teaching of Thich Nhat Hanh….

Drop Your Story, Let Go, and Grab a Mooring
On the turn you take from mourning to hope.

National Memorial for Peace & Justice: Reflection on a Visit
A gift to my soul as a Southern, white man.
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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