“The house of God” St. Ambrose baptized St Augustine 4 doctors of the church sat in the chair here and preached here. 52 pillars, one for each week. 3400 statues, most of any church in the world. 4th largest church in the world by volume. Artisans from France, Swiss, Germany came to work in marble. […]
Everyone and everything spills out into the street at night. Chairs, tables, glasses, bottles, cigarettes, scooters, bikes, everything. Some side walks are blocked and you have to walk out into the street among the moving cars and scooters to get past. The building walls are pealing, chipped, and cracked. The tram tracks cut through the
The Streets of Milan on a Summer Night Read More »
In the Trinity, God offers us his inner life, he opens to us endless, unfathomable depths. Open this door of Grace and you enter the heart of creation. Energy flows, circuits connect, The Father gives, the son responds, the spirit is poured out. The Trinity is meshed and mirrored in everything. It’s a Love both
Alyson and I arrived on a Sunny Saturday morning. We held hands in the back seat of the taxi. I was so happy to see her returning to a city she loves, and I just love to hear the sound of her voice when she speaks in French. We drop our bags at the hotel
Everyone is looking up, looking through lenses at towers and monuments. Snapping images, getting a record. I was here. I saw it too! I saw it just like you. I am alive and here too. But I’m tired of looking up, exhausted by grand symbols ,events, and crowds, so I look down, and discover the
Some movies have a way of lingering with you. I saw such a movie recently called “Paterson”. There was no plot. Paterson is an introverted poet with an externally boring Life as a bus driver. He Lives in a town of the same name, Paterson NJ. On the surface his life is inconsequential, boring and
How does one balance becoming a responsible leader and provider and yet remain a child at heart, a child before God that is free to play, trust, and change as the spirit leads? Jesus says we can not enter the Kingdom unless we become like a child. Not a very powerful image of the virtuous
Becoming Responsible while remaining a Child Read More »
I recently attended a U2 concert and while they played all the oldies from the Joshua Tree album, they ended with a new song called “The little things that give you away”. The phase has been haunting me the past week. It’s a very cleaver play on words. And a profoundly simple truth. To those
“The little things that give you away” U2 Read More »
Excerpt from Into Your Hands, Father, by Wilfred Stinissen “The infinity of God comes to us through a funnel. It become so little and so narrow that it is difficult for us to recognize it. It comes only drop by drop through the small opening. The funnel is the present moment. When I put my
Infinity Given through a Narrow Funnel Read More »
Ice Hockey, like business, is fiercely competitive, fast paced, and requires intense effort to achieve desired outcomes under conditions that are often outside your control. In a Hockey game men physically slam into each other, and sprint after a little puck for 60 minutes while trying to force that puck into a small goal guarded
The Hockey Principle Read More »
