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Place.
Dec 9, 2025
Place.
Dec 9, 2025

I turn 60 in a couple weeks, and I want to reclaim my place…

Dec 9, 2025
People.
Dec 3, 2025
People.
Dec 3, 2025

Who’s up for chastity, poverty, and obedience?!…

Dec 3, 2025
Home?
Nov 28, 2025
Home?
Nov 28, 2025

Christmas: hopeful and dark, soothing and frightening.…

Nov 28, 2025
Immersion.
Nov 21, 2025
Immersion.
Nov 21, 2025

God has been hidden in plain sight from day one!…

Nov 21, 2025
Misfits.
Nov 12, 2025
Misfits.
Nov 12, 2025

We aren’t made for this world, but the world needs us…

Nov 12, 2025
True. North.
Nov 8, 2025
True. North.
Nov 8, 2025

If you could live as many lifetimes as you want…

Nov 8, 2025
Grit.
Oct 24, 2025
Grit.
Oct 24, 2025

“Firmness of mind or spirit”…

Oct 24, 2025
Anger!
Oct 14, 2025
Anger!
Oct 14, 2025

What’s your relationship with anger?…

Oct 14, 2025
Mirror.
Oct 10, 2025
Mirror.
Oct 10, 2025

We need trusted souls to speak their truth…

Oct 10, 2025
Today.
Oct 5, 2025
Today.
Oct 5, 2025

Every day is its own lifetime…

Oct 5, 2025
Unveiling.
Sep 21, 2025
Unveiling.
Sep 21, 2025

Tomorrow is the autumnal equinox…

Sep 21, 2025
Economics.
Sep 20, 2025
Economics.
Sep 20, 2025

They simply gave it away to someone in need…

Sep 20, 2025
Happy. Place.
Sep 12, 2025
Happy. Place.
Sep 12, 2025

It’s vital to notice these moments…

Sep 12, 2025
Questing.
Sep 3, 2025
Questing.
Sep 3, 2025

Remember a dozen albums for a buck?…

Sep 3, 2025
Dead. Weight.
Aug 30, 2025
Dead. Weight.
Aug 30, 2025

“What is it, Lord? What’s the dead weight?”…

Aug 30, 2025
Change.
Aug 17, 2025
Change.
Aug 17, 2025

Feel like you’re standing on a fault line?.…

Aug 17, 2025
Still. Beloved.
Aug 13, 2025
Still. Beloved.
Aug 13, 2025

Pain drove me to pay attention to Love.…

Aug 13, 2025
Beloved.
Aug 6, 2025
Beloved.
Aug 6, 2025

Who does that? I exclaimed imperiously.…

Aug 6, 2025
Intervention.
Jul 29, 2025
Intervention.
Jul 29, 2025

“He loves me… She loves me not”.…

Jul 29, 2025
Wonder.
Jul 6, 2025
Wonder.
Jul 6, 2025

Your confusion will give way to wonder.…

Jul 6, 2025
Metamorph.
Jul 1, 2025
Metamorph.
Jul 1, 2025

The evangelical church is not the enemy.…

Jul 1, 2025
Faithfulness.
Jun 29, 2025
Faithfulness.
Jun 29, 2025

Larger crossroads require all three stages in the cave…

Jun 29, 2025
Communion.
Jun 25, 2025
Communion.
Jun 25, 2025

Silence is the context for communion…

Jun 25, 2025
Emptiness.
Jun 22, 2025
Emptiness.
Jun 22, 2025

Heard the story of the novice monk?…

Jun 22, 2025
Paradigms.
Jun 12, 2025
Paradigms.
Jun 12, 2025

Think about the paradigm shifts required to lead well.…

Jun 12, 2025
The Cave.
Jun 12, 2025
The Cave.
Jun 12, 2025

Maybe it’s time to find your cave.…

Jun 12, 2025
Nómada.
Jun 8, 2025
Nómada.
Jun 8, 2025

I’m learning what it feels like to live as a nomad.…

Jun 8, 2025
Fathering.
Jun 2, 2025
Fathering.
Jun 2, 2025

Being a father is easy. Being a good father is not.…

Jun 2, 2025
Between.
May 26, 2025
Between.
May 26, 2025

Keeping your head in the clouds and your feet on the earth…

May 26, 2025
Alive.
Apr 18, 2025
Alive.
Apr 18, 2025

There was a young psychiatrist called Hector…

Apr 18, 2025

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