I recently woke up about 3am to chaotic waters in my mind washing over me like waves, and I didn’t know what to do…
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Last night came the impossible message that, sure enough, water was dripped through the floor again. There were simply no words for the desolation I felt…
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As spring slowly emerges in the High Country, I find myself just grinning like a crazy person—soaking in the birdsong and sunshine, and warm breeze on my face…
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“What are you giving up for Lent?” she asked me. I froze momentarily. I’m supposed to be a contemplative leader, but I hadn’t really grappled seriously…
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My friend texted our small group asking us to pray for a close friend of his. At age 56 he was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer ,without warning, and given two weeks to live…
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Society puts extreme pressure on us to conform to what they deem beautiful, and so often being skinny is seen as equivalent to being healthy…
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When was the last time you died? Enter the season of Lent with peaceful expectation as we explore the path of descent with Jesus…
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As we’re observing in almost every sector of society, Covid was the great accelerator—and the Church is certainly part of that cultural tsunami…
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I find myself captivated by the story of the resurrected Jesus appearing on the shore when seven of the disciples had gone fishing…
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From Roan Mountain on a 2-week personal retreat, Jerome talks about the gifts of solitude…
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Power is the vital component here, and co-creation actively right-sizes our power. Power is not bad; we have been empowered by God for purpose…
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There’s a tendency to default to the Head Center in planning, but we need the input of all three centers, and the word for this is discernment.…
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Named or unnamed, conscious or unconscious, the handful of attributes upon which we place most importance drives everything…
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Mission isn’t just what we do, it’s who we are. Mission is identity in motion. Today I’d like to explore a spectrum between the small, separate Self and the larger, connected Self…
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But vision is more than what we see, it’s how we see…and I’d like to propose that an idea that the Trinity might shape our fundamental view of all reality…
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When I think about this band of sheep-herders, I feel a little sorry for them: It’s night time, but instead of a warm, comfortable home, they are bedding down in a field on a blanket…
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A young man’s world is falling apart, and he’s anxious beyond measure. It’s an impossible situation, and there’s no good outcome. Only the avoidance of worse outcomes…
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This season is one of both life and death: The death of nature throughout the cold…paired with the celebration of the birth of a child who showed us a new and better way to live and love.…
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