Beatitudes Blog
Stop Distress Over Distress: Self-Respect in a World of Suffering
A caution about a common coping mechanism.
Discovering Grace With My Father
How my father eventually became the kind of witness we need.
How Telling Your Story Helps
What good does it do to talk about your struggles? Read on….
Subway Saint
How an unlikely saint woke me up one morning.
The Welcome That Lights the Night: Pass It On
Where do you receive God’s welcome? Where do you pass it on?
Do Not Fight the Enemy Alone
A spiritual key for discovering your worthiness for love.
Amid Exhaustion, Listen to Jesus
When you’re at the end of the rope, God meets you there.
Journey Into the Better Reality
Encouragement when your help doesn’t seem enough….
Give Through Your Struggle
How your every struggle becomes a gift you give.
Give the Gift of Silence
On the mysterious power in our pauses.
To Love the Enemies Without, Love the Enemy Within
How to lead another person toward forgiveness.
Wild Goose Festival 2017: Come to the Banquet and Be Filled
A few days of beloved community beneath misty mountains and beside rushing waters.
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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