The disciples in the upper room were disturbed by the resurrected Christ. Jesus asks them “Why are you questioning in your hearts” We typically question things in our minds, so There is something deeper here that the disciples are wrestling with. We are so afraid of loosing what we have, we grasp and cling to […]
A little jewel in the south far away from New York is an authentic New York experience. Joeys is only open four hours a day and no weekends. It’s in a run down industrial park with no other restaurants within miles. The line wraps around the building. When I reached the counter there was Joey,
I’m at BWI waiting for a flight to Boston. My mind is on business and all the things that needs to get done today. As I type an email, I notice a woman and child. She is about 30 years old, red top, slender, plain face but magnetic smile and joyful emerald eyes. Her little
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Was their an easier way for our God to save us? Why did he “empty himself”? Why did he chose to lead us on such a humble path out of our bondage into freedom? Perhaps it was the only way to truly reverse the sin of Adam. To lead humanity from its addictive illusion of
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Our vocation in life requires that we come down off the mountain of ecstasy and religious experience. If we try to stay on the mountain, then we are escaping life, and avoiding the God of Ecstasy in pursuit of just ecstasy itself. Jesus is heading to Jerusalem. Are we going with him? Mount Tabor symbolizes the spiritual nourishment
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“Great souls pay much attention to little things” Escriva. “How you do anything is how you do everything” Rohr “The little things are the big things” unknown If these maxims are supposed to hold for all types of temperaments and personalities then it must be about more than being a detail oriented person. I think
This seems to be a root question when confronted with the gospel command to give to the poor. How much do I really need to live? If I am too busy chasing wealth and building my nest egg, then I have no time for the needy, and in some cases I can’t even see the
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As long as we want to decide for ourselves where we will find God…we will only find a touched up version of ourselves. Genuine spirituality begins when we are prepared to die. Could there be a quicker way to die than to let God form our lives from moment to moment as we continually consent
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Humble-Hummus, grounded and rooted in truth. Breaking down into simple parts and dying. Seeping into earth and emptying self. Not in charge, not in control, serving and sustaining life. At peace in the lowest place.
On the clear blue days we need to just let our souls run out ahead of our minds and expand, absorbing the infinite, and tasting the one we love. Vastness and beauty allows us, if we are present to it, to see that we are so much more than the thoughts in our minds. For
