“It is God’s desire to become manifest to us, but … God wills to take created forms for this manifestation – forms of persons, events, circumstances, which call for faith if we are to recognize the Divine Presence, a faith that can discern through and in the human. For each… Read More »An Inspiring Quote
I received email recently from one of my high school classmates. While we haven’t seen each other since high school, we reconnected last year through Facebook. She’s been in a 12-step program for many years and commented about the importance of Mary, the mother of Jesus, as her higher power.… Read More »Mary: A Higher Power
Adding a bit of commentary marked by dry humor, the BBC anchor stated today, “The temperatures in parts of the UK are lower than at the North Pole.” While that’s a potent image for England known for its mild, wet winters, found more humor in the irony that because of… Read More »The Big Chill and Environmental Spirituality
I’m sometimes asked about my belief in God. It’s difficult to respond to questions about how or why I believe in a life-creating and life-sustaining presence which somehow is greater than my imagination. I can’t prove the existence of God – nor do I particularly want to. My faith is… Read More »My Belief in God
January 1, 2010. As a bell rings one note and then another, the calendar page changes bringing the New Year and a new decade. Revelers celebrate the New Year, hoping for something more than was experienced in the year just past. In reading the news over the past few days,… Read More »Ring Out the Old; Ring in the New!