Beatitudes Blog
Your Vote: A Clue from Jesus on Choosing Leaders
Praying for a good leader in this political season?
Fruit from a Good Death: Nouwen’s Secret to Living Well
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted (Matthew 5:4). After his near-death experience (see previous post), Henri Nouwen offered more helpful reflections on death. He believed in the afterlife and wrote of it as an extension of God’s love. But...
Witness That Nourishes, Witness That Inspires
Think of a story that bears witness to cherished truth.
Wild Goose Festival 2016: Mourning and Dancing by the River
On a spirited gathering in a sacred place.
Pharaoh’s Daughter: A Heroine of Peacemaking
How a child of privilege became a champion of the oppressed.
I Want to Know Christ
A tribute to my grandfather.
Hospitality: Space, Presence, and Entertaining Angels
How you entertain angels unawares.
Voices of the Wild Goose Festival
Something amazing happens every summer in Hot Springs, NC. Here’s my account.
Blessed Are Those Who Overreach for Love
How you overreach may reveal much good about you (despite the embarrassment).
Courage to Look Inward, Courage to Love
Improve your relationship with others by improving your relationship with yourself.
Orlando: Don’t Give In To Numbness
How are you handling the anguish over Orlando?
Confession of a teetotaler
How this teetotaler received spiritual help from a gathering of self-professed drunks.
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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