Stuff happens in people’s lives. Some of it is tragic. Sometimes people just can’t catch a break. Many people say, “Things happen for a reason.” Do they? Is that blaming the victim? Are some reasons behind the things that happen outside of a person’s control? The following is a text… Read More »Everything Happens for a Reason?
Friendship. The term is used frequently and conveys a myriad of meanings. On social media, we “friend” others including people we’ve never met. We refer to people we haven’t seen in years, perhaps since school days, as “friends” yet other than sharing a moment in time, we have little in… Read More »The Way of Jesus in Friendship and Grief
If you saw God, would you recognize God? What about the Divine in you? What makes you human? What do the mystics say? As the Sufi mystic Hafiz wrote long ago: You are God in drag! The following is a text version of this blog. It was the French scientist… Read More »God in Drag
It’s an age-old question … one that people continue to ask. Why is this happening? Things happen to us that we view as bad. We look for a reason. We ask these questions when we don’t get the job we want, when a relationship doesn’t work out, or when a… Read More »Jesus, God’s Glory, and the Law of Attraction
Spiritual teachers, gurus, and clergy all tell people how to engage in spiritual practices. Often, they have a “one size fits all” approach. There’s wisdom in recognizing that we each need to pray as we can, not as we can’t. The following is a text version of this posting. A… Read More »Pray As You Can Not As You Can’t
It’s an ancient tradition. Over the last 1500 years or so, Christians have observed a period of prayer and fasting prior to Easter. In time, a forty-day period (Sundays aren’t included because Sundays are a memorial of Easter) emerged within the Christian tradition and came to be called Lent. The… Read More »Lent and the God of Jesus
Wonder. Awe. Amazement. Moments like these captivate us. They can be a gateway to mystical experiences. Let’s explore how wonder leads us into the mystical life. The following is a text version of this posting. Near the end of his life, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote, “Never once in my… Read More »The Wonder of the Mystic
Springtime is drawing near in the northern hemisphere. Days are becoming longer as sunlight continues into the evening. Snow and ice have begun to melt off in many regions. The first flowers poke out of the ground while tree limbs swell and buds begin to appear. There’s a sense of… Read More »Renewed in Spring
